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North Korea's weapons programme defies COVID outbreak, reaches 'uncharted territory'

North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it.

Reuters

North Korea’s Kim hails economic, military successes at meeting

North Korean leader says isolated state has increased economic and military power at opening of key annual gathering.

Al Jazeera

North Korea's Kim kicks off key party meeting ahead of New Year

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has kicked off a key meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported on Tuesday, a venue he has often used to announce major policy decisions marking the New Year.

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North Korea fires ballistic missile as Kim Jong-un ramps up tests over Christmas

Earlier this month, North Korea said it tested a "high-thrust solid-fuel motor" for a new strategic weapon, a development that could allow it to possess a harder-to-detect arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles

Daily Mirror

N Korea denies arms supplied for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine

US claims North Korea sent ‘infantry rockets and missiles into Russia’ for use by Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

North Korea denies media report it supplied munitions to Russia

North Korea's foreign ministry denied a media report it supplied munitions to Russia, calling it "groundless", and denounced the United States for providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Friday.

Reuters

North Korea slams Japan’s military buildup, promises action

North Korea’s foreign ministry calls Japan’s new $320bn security strategy ‘wrong and dangerous’, promises a response.

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North Korea slams Japan's new security strategy, warns of military measures

North Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan's new security strategy as fundamentally changing the regional security environment and warned it will show how "wrong" and "dangerous" Japan's choice is with unspecified actions, official news agency KCNA reported.

Reuters

North Korea slams Japan's military buildup, U.S. flies stealth jets

North Korea on Tuesday condemned a Japanese military buildup outlined in a new security strategy, calling it dangerous and vowing counteractions, while also warning of another imminent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Reuters

North Korea announces plans to launch spy satellite in April

The country’s news agency released two black-and-white, low-resolution images of the South Korean capital Seoul and nearby port city

Evening Standard

North Korea says rocket launch was test of 1st spy satellite

North Korea says it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite

The Independent UK

N Korea completes ‘important’ test of spy satellite: State media

N Korea has released satellite imagery of South Korea’s Seoul and Incheon cities presumed to have been shot during test.

Al Jazeera

North Korea confirms 'important' spy satellite test for April launch

North Korea's state media KCNA said on Monday the country conducted an "important, final phase" test on Sunday for the development of a spy satellite, which it seeks to complete by April 2023.

Reuters

Kim Jong-Un enjoys a cigarette in ‘outdoor office’ on snowy mountain during missile test

The high-power solid fuel engine test took place on Thursday

Evening Standard

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Daily Mirror

North Korea performs key test amid concerns of new devastating world-ending nukes

North Korea's Kim Jong-un supervised a “static firing test” of a "high-thrust solid-fuel motor" which would likely become part of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, which could wreak unimaginable horrors on the world if ever launched by Pyongyang

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Tests Solid-fuel Motor, Aiming to Build New Weapon

North Korea has successfully tested a "high-thrust solid-fuel motor" with the aim of developing a new weapon, state media said Friday. Despite heavy international sanctions over its weapons programs, Pyongyang has built up an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), AFP said. All its known ICBMs are liquid-fueled, however, and…

The Independent UK

North Korea performs key test to build more agile ICBM

North Korea has tested a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” as a key step toward building a new strategic weapons system, as the country pushes to develop more agile and powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to strike the U.S. mainland

Al Jazeera

North Korea says it tested ‘high-thrust solid-fuel motor’

Pyongyang wants to build more solid-fuel missiles, which are more stable and can be launched with almost no warning.

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Reuters

North Korea tests high-thrust solid-fuel engine for apparent ICBM development

North Korea has tested a high-thrust solid-fuel engine that experts said would allow quicker and more mobile launch of ballistic missiles, as it seeks to develop a new strategic weapon and speeds up its nuclear and missile programmes.

Reuters

North Korean cyber spies deploy new tactic: tricking foreign experts into writing research for them

When Daniel DePetris, a U.S.-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in October from the director of the 38 North think-tank commissioning an article, it seemed to be business as usual.

Reuters

North Korea to convene rubber-stamp parliament in mid-January

The North Korean Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the isolated country's rubber-stamp parliament, will convene on Jan. 17 to discuss government budget and other issues, state media said on Wednesday, amid mounting economic challenges.

Reuters

North Korea fires more artillery shells into sea in response to South Korea drills

North Korea said on Tuesday it had ordered military units to fire more artillery shells into the sea, the North's official KCNA news agency reported, in response to South Korea's ongoing drills across the border.

Reuters

U.S. and Asian allies impose new sanctions on North Korea after ICBM test

The United States, South Korea, and Japan have imposed sanctions on North Korean officials connected to the country's weapons programs after Pyongyang's latest and largest intercontinental ballistic missile test last month.

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim calls for meeting to review state affairs

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a major political conference before the end of the year to talk about key state affairs, where he’s expected to address his increasingly tense relations with Washington and Seoul over the expansion of his nuclear and missile programs

Reuters

North Korea to hold key ruling party meeting in late December

North Korea will hold a plenary meeting of its ruling party's central committee in late December to set major policy directions, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

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