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North Korea test-fires suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile, escalating tensions in the region. International community closely monitors implicat...

North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a spate of banned weapons tests by Kim Jong Un's regime this year.

She oversees military drills with her father, a military marshal knelt before her, state media use leader-level honorifics to describe her -- a fresh slew of signals indicate Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter Ju Ae could be North Korea's next ruler.

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North Korea tests new hypersonic missile engine with potential to target U.S. territories, amid escalating tensions.

North Korea's successful test of a solid-fuel engine for a hypersonic missile raises regional security concerns.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful test of a solid-fuel engine for a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile", Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.

The country is stepping up its development of more technologically-advanced weaponry capable of striking further afield.

Pyongyang has broken with much of its inter-Korean policy in recent years and ramped up weapons testing.