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NKorea: Kim Lays Out Key Goals to Boost Military Power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presented unspecified goals to further bolster his military power next year at a meeting of top political officials, state media reported Wednesday. During the Tuesday session at the ongoing plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party, Kim analyzed new security challenges in international politics…

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North Korea's Kim lays out key goals to boost military power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presented unspecified goals to further bolster his military power next year at a meeting of the nation's political officials

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North Korea's Kim unveils new military goals at key party meeting -KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unveiled new goals for the country's military for 2023 at an ongoing meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported on Wednesday, hinting at another year of intensive weapons tests and tension.

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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

Why are North Korea’s drones spooking the South?

South Korea’s military failed to shoot down five drones on Monday, sparking national concern amid rising tensions.

Al Jazeera

Seoul military apologises for not downing N. Korea drones

SEOUL: South Korea's military apologised on Tuesday for failing to shoot down five North Korean drones that crossed their shared border after facing wide criticism over its lack of readiness.

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South Korea’s Yoon Slams Response to North Drones, Vows to Create Drone Unit

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday he would advance the creation of a military unit specializing in drones, criticizing the military response to a border intrusion by North Korean drones. Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea on Monday, prompting Seoul to scramble fighter jets and attack…

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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

Kim claims North Korean successes, says it faces challenges

North Korea's state media says leader Kim Jong Un called for stronger effort to overcome hardships and challenges facing his country as he opened a key political meeting after carrying out a record number of missile tests this year

The Independent UK

S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones

South Korea's military says it detected five drones, and that one traveled as far as the northern part of its capital region.

WEKU

South Korea sends drones to Kim Jong Un’s airspace in unprecedented move

South Korea sent drones across the border into North Korea for the first time on Monday, an unprecedented tit-for-tat military move after Kim Jong Un’s regime dispatched five unmanned aerial vehicles into its air space.

Tribune News Service

South Korea deploys jets after North Korea sends drones across border

South Korea suspended some commercial flights and scrambled military assets to shoot at drones from North Korea that crossed their heavily armed border Monday.

Tribune News Service

South Korea scrambled jets, fired shots after North sent drones

South Korea’s military fired warning shots, scrambled fighter jets and flew surveillance assets across the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Monday, after North Korean drones violated its airspace for the first time in five years in a fresh escalation of tensions.

France 24

South Korea scrambles jets as North Korea sends drones over border

Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korea on Monday and South Korea responded by scrambling jets and attack helicopters and opening fire to try to shoot down the North Korean aircraft, the South Korean military said.

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South Korea fires shots, sends jets after invading North drones

One South Korean jet crashed after Seoul scrambled its air force against the first drone airspace violation since 2017.

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S. Korea fires warning shots after North drones cross border

South Korea’s military has fired warning shots and scrambled aircraft after North Korean drones entered the South’s airspace

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South Korea Scrambles Jets, Fires Warning Shots as N.Korean Drones Intrude

South Korea scrambled warplanes and attack helicopters and fired warning shots on Monday after North Korean drones violated its airspace, the South Korean military said. South Korea tracked the drones crossing from North Korea over what is known as the Military Demarcation Line between the two countries after detecting them…

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North Korea fires ballistic missiles ahead of year-end meeting

North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles Friday ahead of a major political meeting to set policy for the new year, after ratcheting up tensions with a record number of launches in 2022.

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Japan Steps Up

Asia’s rising threats have convinced Tokyo to abandon its defense taboos.

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North Korea fires ballistic missiles ahead of year-end meeting

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Canada condemns N.Korean arms sale to Russia's Wagner Group -statement

Canada on Friday condemned what it said were North Korean arms deliveries to Russia, saying Pyongyang's transaction with the private military company the Wagner Group "clearly violates international law and United Nations Security Council resolutions."

Al Jazeera

Japan unveils record defence budget amid regional security fears

The cabinet’s nod for a 20-percent rise in military spending is a deviation from pacifist post-WWII self-defence policy.

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N. Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles after US-S. Korea Drills

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Friday, South Korea’s military said, its latest weapons demonstration that came days after US and South Korean warplanes conducted joint drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal. South Korea’s military detected the missile launches from North…

France 24

North Korea fires ballistic missiles, denies supplying arms to Russia

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles in the latest in a flurry of sanctions-busting weapons tests, South Korean officials said Friday, hours after Washington accused Pyongyang of delivering arms to the Russian private military group Wagner.

The Independent UK

N Korea fires ballistic missile days after US-S Korea drills

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, its latest weapons demonstration that came days after U.S. and South Korean warplanes conducted joint drills that North Korea viewed as an invasion rehearsal

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