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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.

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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

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM, warns of 'extreme' horror

North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to "radically promote" its forces, which experts said would facilitate missile launches with little warning.

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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

North Korean missile launch triggers evacuations on Hokkaido island in Japan

Missile may have been new type of weapon, which South Korea’s military condemned as a ‘grave provocation’

Evening Standard

Japan says evacuation warning for North Korea missile was not a mistake

The Japanese government said the emergency evacuation warning it issued and later retracted against residents of the northern island of Hokkaido after a North Korean missile launch on Thursday morning was appropriate and not an error.

Reuters

Japan lifts evacuation alert for missile after emergency warning system error

The Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for residents of the northern island of Hokkaido, saying an emergency warning system erroneously predicted that a missile launched from North Korea would fall near the island.

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North Korea missile prompts Japan ‘take cover’ warning

North Korea's latest missile launch comes days after leader Kim Jong-un vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in more "practical and offensive" ways.

The New Daily

Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast

The Independent UK

North Korea launches new type of ballistic missile, Seoul says

North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger.

Reuters

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

North Korea ballistic missile launch sparks emergency evacuation order in Japan

The ballistic missile was fired toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea's military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal

Daily Mirror

North Korea parade 'probably oversells' ICBM threat -leaked document

U.S. intelligence analysts believe a recent military parade in North Korea "probably oversells" the threat its inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) pose to the United States, according to a leaked document purportedly from the U.S. government.

Reuters

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows ‘offensive’ nuclear expansion

State media has said the enhancement is due to 'frantic' military exercises from his rivals

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Dozens of top-secret US military documents have been leaked online – are they legitimate and what do they reveal?

US information about the Ukraine war, North Korean missile tests and more have leaked on social media websites like Discord and 4Chan — here's what you need to know.

Reuters

U.S., Japan, South Korea defence officials to meet on Friday, Japan says

Japan announced on Tuesday it will hold trilateral defence talks with the United States and South Korea on Friday in Washington to discuss regional issues including North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.

The New Daily

North Korea’s Kim vows ‘offensive’ nuclear expansion

Kim Jong-un has met with senior military officials to discuss North Korea's war preparations in the face of military exercises by the US and South Korea.

The Independent UK

North Korean leader vows 'offensive' nuclear expansion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in “practical and offensive” ways

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North Korea's Kim calls for more 'practical, offensive' war deterrence

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country's war deterrence in a "more practical and offensive" manner to counter what it called moves of aggression by the U.S. and South Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

North Korea cuts phone link with South, slamming ‘traitors’

North Korea appears to be purposefully cutting a communication link with South Korea as it ratchets up tensions by testing new weapons and denouncing its neighbor as a “puppet traitor” for holding military drills with the U.S.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Conducts Another Underwater Nuclear Drone Test

North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, its state media reported on Saturday, the latest demonstration of its military capabilities as it faces off against the United States and South Korea. North Korea tested a nuclear-capable unmanned underwater attack weapon called "Haeil-2" from April 4…

The Independent UK

North Korea claims another test of underwater nuclear drone

North Korea claims it tested this week a second known type of nuclear-capable underwater attack drone designed to destroy naval vessels and ports, adding to a flurry of weapons demonstrations this year that have heightened tensions with rivals

Al Jazeera

N Korea says tested another underwater nuclear attack ‘drone’

Second underwater drone test comes as Pyongyang continues efforts to expand and modernise its weaponry.

Reuters

North Korea conducts another underwater nuclear drone test

Al Jazeera

Japan, S Korea, US concerned over N Korea’s cyber-fundraising

The allies say North Korea uses funds from its ‘malicious’ cyber-operations to finance weapons development.

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