The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

As North Korea's possible upcoming military reconnaissance satellite launch poses a risk of falling into Japan's territory, Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada ordered the Self-Defense Forces to prepare missile intercept operations on Saturday, and the SDF began establishing the necessary readiness to intercept a missile.

The new Hwasong-18 rocket blasted off last week from a private launch site east of Pyongyang, in Kim Jong-un's private mansion

At a summit next week with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol U.S. President Joe Biden will pledge "substantial" steps to underscore the U.S. commitment to deter a North Korean nuclear attack on South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

South Korea's Washington ambassador Cho Hyun-dong said on Friday he was sure North Korean human rights would be given significant attention in summit talks between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden next week.

North Korea’s foreign minister has called the Group of Seven wealthy democracies a "tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony” as she lambasted the group's recent call for the North’s denuclearization

North Korea's position as a nuclear weapons state will remain an undeniable reality as it builds up its forces until military threats from the United States and its allies are eliminated, state news agency KCNA said on Friday.

North Korean state media announced Wednesday (April 19) that the country has built its first spy satellite and is preparing it for launch.

Diplomats from the Group of Seven nations have taken a firm stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan, and on North Korea's tests of long-range missiles.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said preparations for the planned launch of the country's first spy satellite should go ahead to counter what he called threats from the United States and South Korea, state media reported on Wednesday. Analysts say the military satellite is part of the reclusive,…