North Korea

The latest in Pyongyang’s series of tests this year, the rehearsal modeled a “nuclear counterattack,” and was overseen by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday. The report states...

Japan’s defense ministry said on Monday that North Korea had launched a “suspected ballistic missile” in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “A suspected ballistic missile was launched from North Korea,” the tweet stated. “North Korea...

North Korea conducted a test on a “super-large warhead” designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media said Saturday, adding that it also launched a new type of anti-aircraft missile. “The DPRK Missile Administration has conducted...

Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang. The move...

In the most recent indication of the strengthening relations between the two totalitarian governments, North Korea’s top diplomat stated that her nation is “ready to greet” Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to official media on Sunday....

In reaction to joint naval drills by Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo that featured a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, North Korea announced on Friday that it had tested a “underwater nuclear weapon system”. In response, Pyongyang “conducted...

The latest development in North Korea’s quest for cutting-edge weapons to threaten US and South Korean targets was the successful test-firing of a new ballistic missile fitted with a hypersonic maneuverable warhead, which the country said...

A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since anti-pandemic border lockdowns began in early 2020, according to a post from Russian provincial authorities and a Western tour...

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday near a disputed maritime border with South Korea in another escalation of tension between the rivals and prompting the South to take “corresponding” action with live...

The UN atomic agency reports that a second reactor at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear site appears to be operating. The first nuclear reactor in North Korea, with a five-megawatt capacity, is located at Yongbyon, the country’s...