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South Korea, US to hold largest live-fire drills amid North Korea tension

South Korean and U.S. forces will hold their largest-ever live-fire exercises in June in a show of force to North Korea, which has ratcheted up tension with numerous missile launches, South Korea's defence ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

North Korea bizarrely claims 800,000 youths joined army to fight US in single day

The claimed mass sign-ups supposedly came after Kim Jong-un's North Korea shot dozens of long and short-range missiles into the seas near Japan and South Korea - both countries which Pyongyang considers its enemies

Daily Mirror

South Korea announces list of banned items for third-party export to North

South Korea on Tuesday announced a "watch-list" to prevent export of items linked to North Korea's satellite development, days after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan.

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NKorea's Kim Calls for Nuclear Attack Readiness

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the country to stand ready to conduct nuclear attacks at any time to deter war, accusing the US and South Korea of expanding joint military drills involving American nuclear assets, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim's remarks came as the isolated…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea simulates NUCLEAR attack on neighbours with ballistic missile launch

Pyongyang has responded angrily to the largest joint military exercises in years between the United States and South Korea, with Kim Jong-un ordering a series of military drills and missile launches

Daily Mirror

North Korea: Latest missile simulated nuclear counterattack

North Korea has described its weekend ballistic missile launch as a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea

The Independent UK

North Korea fires ballistic missile as US-South Korean drills go on

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest of a series of tests carried out by the nuclear-armed state since the start of this year.

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North Korea Fires Short-range Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, according to South Korea and Japan, the latest in a barrage of weapons tests from the nuclear-armed state. The missile, launched from the Dongchang-ri site on the west coast around…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea fires another missile in response to US regional war games

North Korea has launched a another missile in response to US-South Korean military drills state media is depicting as an invasion rehearsal.

The New Daily

N Korea launches missile into sea amid US-S Korea drills

Japan says North Korea has launched a suspected missile toward the sea

The Independent UK

N Korea says 800,000 youths volunteer to fight ‘US imperialists’

North Korean state media says the mass enlistment is in response to military drills between the US and South Korea.

Al Jazeera

West spotlights North Korea rights abuses; China opposes

The United States, its Western allies and experts shone a spotlight on the dire human rights situation and increasing repression in North Korea at a U.N. meeting

The Independent UK

North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up to fight against US

North Korea claims that about 800,000 of its citizens volunteered to join or reenlist in the nation's military to fight against the United States, North Korea's state newspaper reported on Saturday.

Reuters

N. Korea launched missile as "warning to enemies"

North Korea said Friday it conducted a launch drill for a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile the previous day to give "a stronger warning to the enemies" amid a large-scale military exercise being conducted by the United States and South Korea.

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The Independent UK

North Korea says ICBM launch was response to rivals' drills

North Korea says its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch was intended to send a “stronger warning” over U.S.-South Korean military drills, which it blames for destabilizing the region

The New Daily

North Korea launched missile ‘to warn US, South Korea’

North Korea says its latest missile launch was to warn the United States and South Korea about their ongoing military drills.

Nottingham Post

Warning to Brits to avoid 83 beaches across country after sewage leaks

New warnings have been applied to dozens of beaches across the UK

The Guardian - AU

Yoon arrives in Japan for historic talks with Kishida - and beloved omurice

Leaders expected to use first summit since 2011 to address Japan’s use of Korean forced labour, as well as threats posed by North Korea and China

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North Korea fires two missiles, second test in three days

Launches come as the US and S Korea carry out large-scale military exercises N Korea sees as rehearsals for invasion.

France 24

North Korea fires two missiles in second test in three days

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles in another show of force Tuesday, a day after the United States and South Korea began military drills that Pyongyang views as an invasion rehearsal.

The Independent UK

Seoul: North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has test-launched two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters

Asharq Al-Awsat

Seoul to Bid for 2036 Olympic Games without North Korea’s Pyongyang

Seoul will pursue a bid for the 2036 Summer Games without reviving efforts to co-host an Olympics with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon told Reuters. Amid hopes for better relations with the nuclear-armed North, Seoul sent a proposal for co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with Pyongyang…

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The U.S. and South Korea hold drills as North launches missiles from sub

North Korea's missile tests Sunday signal the country likely will conduct provocative weapons testing activities during the U.S.-South Korean drills that are to run for 11 days.

Asharq Al-Awsat

N. Korea Launches Missiles as US, S. Korea Kick off Major Drills

North Korea said Monday it had test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, as South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years. Nuclear-armed Pyongyang said the test verified its "nuclear war deterrence means in different spaces" as it slammed the drills…

Bangkok Post

N. Korea launches missiles as US, S. Korea kick off major drills

SEOUL - North Korea said Monday it had test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, as South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years.

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