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South Korea and the US will hold the Ssangyong amphibious exercise from March 20 to April 3, after a five-year pause, as part of their allied field drills, a South Korean news agency reported, citing military officials. “The upcoming training will demonstrate the South Korea-U.S. alliance’s will to realize ‘peace …

North Korea has test-launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea, the South Korean military says. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement on Thursday that it had detected the launch from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 7:10 a.m. local time. The …

The South Korean and U.S. militaries launched their biggest joint military exercises in years Monday, as North Korea said it tested submarine-launched cruise missiles in an apparent protest of the drills it views as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea’s launches Sunday signal the country likely will conduct provocative weapons testing …

North Korea has threatened to take “quick, overwhelming action” after the United States flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber over the Korean Peninsula in an exercise with South Korean warplanes. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of dictator Kim Jong-Un, made the threat as the U.S. and South Korea continue to carry …

North Korea on Saturday blamed the United States for what it said was the collapse of international arms control systems and said Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons were a just response to ensure the balance of power in the region. “The Korean peninsula is turning into the world’s biggest powderkeg and war …

Pyongyang urged Washington to end “hostile” military drills with Seoul and to remove its strategic assets from the region. North Korea has warned that it will soon consider US military action near its borders as a “declaration of war,” issuing a harsh response after American diplomats pressed the United Nations …

North Korea test-fired four strategic cruise missiles during a drill designed to demonstrate its ability to conduct a nuclear counterattack against hostile forces, its state media said on Friday. The exercise on Thursday involved an apparently operational strategic cruise missile unit of the Korean People’s Army, which fired the four …

Kim Jong Un’s sister said North Korea is ‘using the Pacific as our firing range’ North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off the country’s east coast on Monday morning, one day after the U.S. held joint military drills with South Korea and Japan. Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim …

The United States and South Korea have held a joint air exercise involving US strategic bombers after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”. On Sunday, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise, where South Korea’s F-35A, F-15K, and US F-16 fighters escorted …

North Korea has launched at least one long-range ballistic missile off its east coast after warning of a strong response to the upcoming US-South Korea military drills. According to the South Korean military, the missile launch was conducted from the Sunan area near Pyongyang on Saturday. “North Korea fires an …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his counterpart in Seoul on Tuesday, pledging to beef up joint drills and security cooperation as South Korea seeks nuclear reassurances in the face of growing North Korean threats. Seoul is eager to convince its increasingly nervous public of America’s so-called extended deterrence commitments, …

Russia wants to impose a truce that would split Ukrainian lands, similar to how the Korean Peninsula is divided today, Aleksey Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, has said, as quoted by the country’s media. His statement came after Moscow reiterated that peace negotiations are possible if …

South Korea says a North Korean drone intruded into the no-fly zone over the presidential office in the capital, Seoul, last month. On Thursday, South Korea’s military said that a North Korean drone had entered the no-fly zone over the presidential office in Seoul during a rare incursion last month. …

Seoul and Washington are discussing joint nuclear exercises amid flaring tensions with Pyongyang, SK’s President Yoon Suk-yeol has said. Yoon’s comments, made in an interview published Monday, follow similar ones where he called for “war preparation” with an “overwhelming” capability. On Sunday North Korean state media reported that leader Kim …

Pyongyang needs “overwhelming military power” to protect its sovereignty, Kim Jong-un says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for the country to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and boost its nuclear arsenal amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state-run media reported. Pyongyang requires “overwhelming military power” …

South Korea says the North has fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone. Pyongyang says it was a warning against Seoul’s “provocative actions.” The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that about 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired from two separate sites, …

Kim Jong-un hailed Pyongyang’s new ICBM as the strongest strategic weapon on the planet North Korea seeks to have the most powerful nuclear capability in the world, the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said on Sunday. He also ordered the promotion of military officials and scientists involved in the recent successful …

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accused the South Korean government of being a “faithful dog” of the United States for mulling sanctions on Pyongyang for recently conducting a series of test missile launches. “As soon as the US spoke of ‘independent sanctions’ against the Democratic …

The latest missile launched fell into Japanese waters and flew around 6,000km, according to South Korean and Japanese estimates, but has the capacity to go much further – approx. 15,000km – which “could cover the entire mainland United States,” the Japanese Defense Minister said. The US scrambled to “all necessary …

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, as Seoul and Washington ended a high-profile six-day military exercise. North Korea has launched a series of missiles this week, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile, drawing condemnation from the United States, …