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S. Korea conducts missile tests in response to N. Korean launches

South Korea says it has conducted air-to-surface missile tests in response to North Korean missile launches.

France 24 · Nov 2, 2022

North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in Kim Jong Un conducting another nuclear test. The launch comes as South Korea and the US conclude 12 days of amphibious…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 28, 2022

Analysis-Deal for reducing military tensions with North Korea could go 'back to square one'

A 2018 military agreement between North Korea and South Korea designed to prevent inadvertent clashes along their shared border may be at risk after the South accused the North of violating the deal by firing artillery into buffer zones.

Reuters · Oct 27, 2022

S.Korea's Yoon says N.Korea has nothing to gain from nuclear weapons

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday that North Korea has nothing to gain from nuclear weapons, as the isolated country threatened to beef up its capability to attack its southern neighbour.

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

North Korea fires two missiles after US-South Korea drills

Pyongyang’s seventh weapons test in two weeks comes as it prepares to celebrate the ruling party’s founding day.

Al Jazeera · Oct 8, 2022

US carrier, S Korea warships start new drills amid tensions

The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has begun a new round of naval drills with South Korean warships

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

North Korea 'launches ballistic missile toward Japan with ships told not to approach'

The launch came two days after North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan for the first time in five years in an apparent response to US military drills with South Korea and Japan

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

South Korea apologises after missile fired in response to North Korea test causes panic in Gangneung

South Koreans believed they were under attack from the North

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022

A South Korea missile blows up in a drill and panics a nearby city

A malfunctioning South Korean ballistic missile blew up as it plowed into the ground Wednesday during a live-fire drill, panicking and confusing residents of the coastal city of Gangneung.

WEKU · Oct 5, 2022

S. Korean activists clash with police over anti-Kim balloons

South Korean activists say they clashed with police while launching balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda materials across the North Korean border

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2022