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Japan, S Korea, US conduct drill amid tension with N Korea

Drills between the three countries follow North Korea’s test of a solid-fuel intercontinental missile.

Al Jazeera

S.Korea, US, Japan hold drills as N.Korea slams US 'nuclear blackmail'

South Korea, the United States and Japan staged joint naval missile defence exercises on Monday to improve responses to North Korean threats, as Pyongyang accused Washington of ramping up "nuclear blackmail" with military drills.

Reuters

North Korea celebrates building 10,000 modern homes in Pyongyang

North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported.

Reuters

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The Observer view on North Korea: only China can put a stop to Kim Jong-un’s latest round of nuclear sabre-rattling

If Xi Jinping is serious about the country’s role as global peacemaker he must persuade Kim to calm down

The Guardian - UK

US, Japan, South Korea to hold missile defence exercises to deter North Korea threat

The United States, Japan and South Korea said in a joint statement they discussed the regularisation of missile defence and anti-submarine exercises to deter and respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

Reuters

N. Korea Says It Tested New Solid-Fuel Long-Range Missile

North Korea said Friday it flight-tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, a possible breakthrough in its efforts to acquire a more powerful, harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Explainer-What is solid-fuel technology, and why is North Korea eager to develop it?

North Korea says it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first known use of the propellant in a longer-range projectile, as it seeks the capability to launch with little preparation.

Reuters

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North Korea says missile test should horrify enemies

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said its latest missile test should make enemies 'experience a clearer security crisis'.

The New Daily

North Korea tests first ever solid fuel ICBM, Hwasong-18

A longer-range solid-fuel ICBM has long been on leader Kim Jong Un’s weapons wish list.

Al Jazeera

North Korea missile launch was new kind of ICBM, regime says, as first images emerge

Kim Jong-un hails development of new solid-fuel rocket that can be deployed more quickly

The Guardian - AU

North Korea tests a powerful new kind of missile

North Korea has successfully tested a solid-fueled ICBM, a type of missile that can be launched far more quickly than its current ones.

WEKU

Kim Jong Un watches 'most powerful' missile launch with daughter, 10, in chilling images

New images released by North Korea appear to show the country's leader seeing off his latest missile launch together with his young daughter. On Thursday a missile launch triggered an evacuation warning after fears it would fall near a Japanese isla

Daily Mirror

N. Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

North Korea says it has tested a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile intended to target the mainland U.S. North Korea’s state media said Friday its recent weapons test involved a new long-range missile powered by solid propellants, which it described as “the most powerful” piece of its growing nuclear arsenal…

The Independent UK

North Korea fires possible ‘new type’ ballistic missile

Japan ordered Hokkaido residents to evacuate when the launch was detected before the weapon later fell into the sea.

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Wales Online

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows ‘offensive’ nuclear expansion

State media has said the enhancement is due to 'frantic' military exercises from his rivals

The New Daily

North Korea’s Kim vows ‘offensive’ nuclear expansion

Kim Jong-un has met with senior military officials to discuss North Korea's war preparations in the face of military exercises by the US and South Korea.

The Independent UK

North Korean leader vows 'offensive' nuclear expansion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in “practical and offensive” ways

Reuters

North Korea's Kim calls for more 'practical, offensive' war deterrence

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country's war deterrence in a "more practical and offensive" manner to counter what it called moves of aggression by the U.S. and South Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Conducts Another Underwater Nuclear Drone Test

North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, its state media reported on Saturday, the latest demonstration of its military capabilities as it faces off against the United States and South Korea. North Korea tested a nuclear-capable unmanned underwater attack weapon called "Haeil-2" from April 4…

The Independent UK

North Korea claims another test of underwater nuclear drone

North Korea claims it tested this week a second known type of nuclear-capable underwater attack drone designed to destroy naval vessels and ports, adding to a flurry of weapons demonstrations this year that have heightened tensions with rivals

Al Jazeera

N Korea says tested another underwater nuclear attack ‘drone’

Second underwater drone test comes as Pyongyang continues efforts to expand and modernise its weaponry.

Reuters

North Korea conducts another underwater nuclear drone test

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Warns 'Offensive Action' over Allies' Drills

North Korea on Thursday threatened unspecified “offensive action” over the expansion of US military exercises with rival South Korea as President Joe Biden’s special representative for North Korea flew to Seoul for talks with allies over the North’s growing nuclear threat. The North Korean comments came a day after the…

Wales Online

North Korea warns it will take ‘offensive action’ over allies’ drills

North Korean state media says the US and South Korea’s military exercises have turned the Korean Peninsula into a 'huge powder magazine, which can be detonated any moment'

The Independent UK

North Korea warns 'offensive action' over allies' drills

North Korea has threatened unspecified “offensive action” over the expansion of U.S. military exercises with rival South Korea as President Joe Biden’s special representative for North Korea flew to Seoul for talks with allies over the North’s growing nuclear threat

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