North Korea says it has simulated a nuclear missile attack to warn US of ‘nuclear war danger’ By Heather Law and Heather Chen, CNN
North Korea said Sunday it had simulated a nuclear missile attack to warn the United States of “nuclear war danger.”
North Korea said Sunday it had simulated a nuclear missile attack to warn the United States of “nuclear war danger.”
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea decided to take important, practical war deterrence measures at a meeting of the ruling party’s military commission presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, state news agency KCNA said on Sunday.
South Korea has sanctioned eight people and seven companies suspected of engaging in illicit activities to finance North Korea’s growing nuclear weapons and missile programmes.
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast in what would be the country’s seventh missile test this month.
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile early on Wednesday, the first such test by Pyongyang of the new year, drawing condemnation from Japan and calls for talks from South Korea.
North Korea on Tuesday launched at least one ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast, the South Korean and Japanese militaries confirmed.
Missiles fired by North Korea were tests of a new “railway-borne missile system”, according to the state news agency KCNA.
North Korea is facing one of the worst economic crises in its 73-year history, amid shortages of food and medicines and warnings of rising unemployment and homelessness.
Addressing a party conference last Thursday, Kim said that citizens should prepare for hard times ahead. He claimed that the country faced its “worst ever” situation on account of the natural disasters that devastated farmland last summer, the Covid pandemic and US-led sanctions. The North Korean strongman urged officials to “wage another, more difficult ‘Arduous March’ in […]
Last week, North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea from its east coast. The test-firings were Kim Jong-un’s first major provocation since President Biden took office in January.
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