Tag: Koreas
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Seoul trying to learn if Kim has a son but daughter’s status as heir appears solid
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service says it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a son, while the spy agency maintains ... -
North soccer team beats South hosts in rare match between divided countries
Drenched in rain, hundreds of South Koreans cheered the North Korean visitors during a rare soccer match between the divided countries yesterday as Pyongyang-based Naegohyang Women’s ... -
North fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South’s hopes for better ties
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea yesterday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours after a ... -
South says the North has 4 uranium enrichment facilities to build nuclear weapons
A top South Korean official said yesterday that North Korea is operating a total of four uranium enrichment facilities, adding to outside assessments that it has ... -
South Korea halts loudspeaker broadcasts along border with rival North
South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda along the inter-Korean border, marking the new liberal government’s first concrete step toward easing tensions ... -
North threatens response to US flying long-range bombers over South
North Korea yesterday threatened unspecified retaliation after the U.S. flew long-range bombers over South Korea during training with South Korean warplanes, which North Korea views as ... -
North fires several ballistic missiles after the US and S.Korea began military drills
North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual ... -
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea, days after North Korea test-fired missiles
A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea yesterday in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities. ... -
North Korea says it tested cruise missile system and vows ‘toughest’ response to US
North Korea said yesterday it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called ... -
North Korea launches missiles toward eastern waters in second launch of year, South says
North Korea yesterday test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as it continued its weapons demonstrations ahead of Donald Trump’s return to ... -
South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea
North Korea yesterday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea’s military said, extending ... -
South warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North’s troops in Russia
South Korea warned yesterday it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia, as both North Korea and ... -
North is preparing to destroy northern parts of inter-Korean roads, Seoul says
South Korea said yesterday it has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to destroy the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use, as ... -
US flies B-1B bomber for first precision bomb drill in seven years
The United States flew a long-range B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula yesterday [Macau time] for its first precision-guided bombing drill with South Korea in seven ... -
South says North fired several cruise missiles, adding to provocative weapons tests
South Korea’s military said yesterday that North Korea fired several cruise missiles that flew over waters near a major military shipyard on the country’s eastern coast, ... -
North appears to demolish reunification arch as Kim turns against ties with South
North Korea appears to have torn down a huge arch in its capital that symbolized reconciliation with South Korea, a week after leader Kim Jong Un ... -
N. Korea’s Kim vows to bolster war readiness to repel ‘unprecedented’ US-led confrontations
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for bolstered war readiness to repel what he said were unprecedented U.S.-led confrontational moves, state media reported yesterday, as ... -
South delays spy satellite liftoff, days after North’s satellite launch
South Korea has postponed the planned launch of its first military spy satellite set for tomorrow, officials said, days after rival North Korea claimed to put ... -
N. Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after US-S. Korean military drills end
North Korea launched several cruise missiles into the sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, extending its weapons testing activities in response to the United States-South Korea ... -
South’s agency says North is preparing ICBM tests, spy satellite launch
North Korea is preparing its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit as well as tests of long-range missiles to mark a key national ... -
Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of armistice
Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the ... -
North Korean satellite wasn’t advanced enough to conduct reconnaissance from space: Seoul
The satellite North Korea failed to put into orbit wasn’t advanced enough to conduct military reconnaissance from space as it claimed, South Korea’s military said yesterday ... -
North Korea opens key party meeting to tackle its struggling economy
With leader Kim Jong Un in attendance, North Korea opened a key political conference to discuss improving its struggling economy and reviewing defense strategies in the ... -
North insults Biden, slams defense agreement with Seoul
The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new U.S.-South Korean ... -
US, allies conduct more drills in face of North threat
The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted a joint missile defense exercise yesterday in waters near the Korean Peninsula as they expand military training to ... -
N. Korea makes fresh threats, US bombers fly after ICBM test
North Korea said yesterday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity and threatened additional powerful steps over ... -
US vows full military defense of allies against North
The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, “including nuclear, conventional and missile defense,” to defend its allies Japan and South Korea, U.S. ... -
Deterrent power | US test launches unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile
An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California early yesterday [Macau time] in a test of the weapon system that is part of ... -
North Korea | Rumors rife as gas restrictions in Pyongyang drag on
An acute shortage of gasoline in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang that has sparked price hikes and hoarding is raising fears of potentially crippling pain ... -
Asian Affairs | A look at North’s evolving brinkmanship
North Korea observers have long marveled at the ability of a small, impoverished, autocratic nation to go toe-to-toe with the world’s superpowers. Part of the secret ... -
Trump team softens war talk, vows other pressure on Kim
The Trump administration told lawmakers yesterday [Macau time] it will apply economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, as an ... -
Koreas | Talks deadlocked as generals leave without agreement
The first military talks between North and South Korea in more than three years ended with no agreement yesterday, with the rivals failing to narrow their differences on ... -
KOREAS | North and South navy boats trade warning fire near border
Naval boats of North Korea and South Korea exchanged warning fire near their disputed sea border in the Yellow Sea, days after high-ranking officials from both ... -
KOREAS | Kim still secluded as advisers push for improved relations
The highest-ranking security advisers of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Park Geun Hye met for the first time and agreed to ... -
KOREAS | Together at Asian Games, North and South still far apart
When the first world record fell at the Asian Games — to a North Korean weightlifter — elated South Korean fans pounded drums and stood to ...
