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Kim seeks to expand launch pad amid worry about ICBM firing

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his officials to expand a satellite launch facility to fire a variety of rockets

The Independent UK

North Korea accused of testing ICBM system and restoring nuclear test site

North Korea used what would be its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system in two recent launches, and appears to be restoring some tunnels at its shuttered nuclear test site, U.S. and South Korean officials said on Friday.

Reuters

US to sanction North Korea over recent long-range missile tests

WASHINGTON — The White House plans to impose new sanctions on North Korea on Friday over two recent missile tests that the administration has concluded were clandestine attempts to evaluate Pyongyang’s ICBM capabilities.

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U.S. sees 'serious escalation' in North Korea launches using new ICBM system

North Korea deployed a relatively new inter-continental ballistic missile system in Feb. 26 and March 4 test-firings, a senior Biden administration official said on Thursday, calling it a serious escalation requiring a united global response.

Reuters

S. Korea's new president to teach 'rude boy' Kim Jong Un some manners

Seoul (AFP) - Threatening a pre-emptive strike, swiftly responding to missile tests, and telling "rude boy" leader Kim Jong Un to behave: South Korea's next president looks set to get tough on the nuclear-armed North, analysts say.

AFP

North Korea's Kim praises scientists after 'satellite' test

Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the space centre in Pyongyang and praised scientists who recently tested a "reconnaissance satellite", which analysts have warned was a thinly-disguised ballistic missile launch, state media reported Thursday.

AFP

North Korea to launch satellites to monitor U.S. and its allies

North Korea will launch a number of reconnaissance satellites in coming years to provide real-time information on military actions by the United States and its allies, state media on Thursday reported leader Kim Jong Un as saying.

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North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of South's election

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile Saturday, Seoul's military said, continuing this year's record-breaking blitz of weapons tests with a launch just days before South Korea's presidential election.

AFP

China's Xi, in message to N.Korea's Kim, vows cooperation under 'new situation' -KCNA

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the significance of cooperation between the two countries, North Korea's state media KCNA reported on Saturday.

Reuters

U.S. sanctions Putin, Lavrov as Russia continues to barrel down on Ukraine

"Putin joins a very small group that includes despots such as Kim Jong Un, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and Bashar al-Assad."

Axios

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N.Korea's Kim congratulates China on Olympics, says together they will crush U.S. threats

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen cooperation with China and together "crush" threats and hostile policies from the United States and its allies, state media reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

N. Korea celebrates late leader's birthday, pushes for unity

North Korea has celebrated the 80th birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il with a concert, fireworks and a rare outdoor ceremony near its border with China

The Independent UK

North Korea marks ex-leader's birthday with snowy celebration

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea marked the 80th birthday of leader Kim Jong Un's late father with a mass outdoor meeting in sub-zero temperatures, state media reported Wednesday, but no missiles or military parade.

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N.Korea celebrates late Kim's birthday in new alpine city, with no military event

North Korea has celebrated the 80th birthday anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un's late father with a music concert and fireworks in a refurbished holy city, but no missile launch or military parade, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

Trump says he is in touch with North Korea's Kim -book

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has told associates he has remained in contact with North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Un since leaving the White House, according to a report on Thursday amid raised tensions over recent North Korean missile tests.

Asharq Al-Awsat

South's Moon Warns of 'Crisis' if NKorea Restarts Long-range Missile Tests

South Korea's leader warned Thursday the peninsula could slide back into a "state of crisis" if Pyongyang follows through on threats to resume testing long-range missiles. Pyongyang conducted an unprecedented seven weapons tests in January, including of its most powerful missile since 2017 when leader Kim Jong Un baited then-US…

The Independent UK

S. Korea's outgoing president calls for US-North Korea talks

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in his final months in office, has expressed concern over North Korea’s expanding weapons program and the possibility that more weapons tests would revive fears of war

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New N. Korea nuclear, ICBM testing would trigger instant crisis, S.Korea's Moon says

A resumption of North Korea's nuclear weapon or long-range missile tests would "instantly" send the peninsula back into crisis, outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in said this week, calling for measures to prevent that from happening.

The Independent UK

N. Korea increases virus budget after partial border opening

North Korea plans to increase its government spending on pandemic measures by one-third this year to carry out leader Kim Jong Un’s calls for a more advanced virus response

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un keeps aiming his missiles at this 'most hated rock'

As Kim Jong Un unleashed his biggest-ever barrage of missile tests last month, one place suffered the most: a barren piles of rocks whose name means “No Man’s Land.”

The Independent UK

'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

During the last Winter Games, North Korea basked in the global limelight in South Korea

AFP

North Korean Olympics message may signal halt to missile tests: analysts

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea sent "warm congratulations" Friday to ally China ahead of the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a message analysts said likely signals it will stop test-firing missiles during the event.

Al Jazeera

North Korea’s Kim calls Winter Olympics ‘great victory’ for China

Kim Jong Un tells Chinese President Xi Jinping he also wants to further improve relations between the two countries.

Reuters

N.Korea's Kim calls Olympics 'great victory' for China, calls for better relations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a "great victory" and saying he wanted to improve relations between their countries, state news agency KCNA reported on Friday.

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