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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 · Apr 17, 2023

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 · Apr 17, 2023

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 · Apr 16, 2023

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 · Apr 14, 2023

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 · Apr 14, 2023

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 · Apr 14, 2023

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 · Apr 14, 2023

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 · Apr 13, 2023

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 · Apr 13, 2023

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.

Al Jazeera · Apr 12, 2023