North Korea

North Korea tests 'super-large warhead': state media

North Korea has tested a "super-large warhead" designed for a strategic cruise missile, state media said, the most recent test since UN sanctions monitoring against the nuclear-armed nation was upended last month by Russia.

North Korea fires suspected intermediate-range missile

North Korea has fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile into the sea in a possible test of a new rocket using solid fuel, drawing swift condemnation from South Korea, Japan and the United States.

Kim oversees 'super large' N Korea rocket launcher drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw firing drills involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media said, a day after Seoul said Pyongyang had fired several short-range ballistic missiles.

N Korea warns of 'dear price' over US drills with South

North Korea has said South Korea and the United States will pay a "dear price" over large-scale military exercises that started this week, urging the allies to cease "frantic war drills".

North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles into West Sea

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles into the West Sea, South Korea's military said, continuing a fresh streak of weapons testing as Kim Jong-un's regime ramps up "war preparations".

North Korea fires missiles off west coast - Seoul

North Korea has fired multiple cruise missiles towards the sea off its west coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in the latest sign of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.

N Korea says tested 'underwater nuclear weapon system'

North Korea has said that it had tested an "underwater nuclear weapon system" in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

N Korea abolishes agencies working for reunification

North Korea is formally abolishing key government agencies charged with promoting cooperation and reunification with the South, state media said, as leader Kim Jong-un called for constitutional changes allowing the North to "occupy" South Korea in war.

North Korea calls for change in status of South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday called for a constitutional amendment to change the status of South Korea as a separate state and warned that while his country doesn't seek war, it didn't intend to avoid it.

N Korea conducts live-fire drills near maritime border

North Korea was conducting live-fire drills on its western coast, the Yonhap news agency reported today, the third consecutive day of military exercises near the contested maritime border with the South.

North Korea's Kim to prepare for possible 'war'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made fresh threats of a nuclear attack on South Korea and ordered a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can "break out at any time" on the peninsula, state media reported.

North Korea test-fires missile with US in range

North Korea has test-fired its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that has the potential to reach the United States, extending a record-breaking number of weapons tests this year and triggering further international condemnation.

North Korea 'fires ballistic missile towards sea'

North Korea fired an unidentified type of ballistic missile Japan's Coast Guard and the South Korean military have said. The missile was launched towards the sea off North Korea's east coast, according to the South Korean joint chiefs of staff.

Korean space race? North and South chase spy satellites

N Korean spy satellite 'appears' to have entered orbit

North Korea's purported spy satellite has entered orbit, Seoul's military said, but warned it was too early to tell whether Pyongyang's eye in the sky was actually working.

North Korea says spy satellite launch successful

North Korea has said that it has succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.

Soldier arrives in US after release from North Korea

US Army Private Travis King landed at a military base in Texas early today after being expelled from North Korea, a US official has said.

American soldier expelled by North Korea in US custody

US soldier Travis King, who crossed the border from South to North Korea earlier this year, is in American custody after being expelled by the North to China, US officials have said.

Korea on 'brink of nuclear war', North warns UN

North Korea has told the United Nations that the peninsula was at risk of nuclear war, as it blamed what it called hostility by the United States.

Kim returns to North Korea after Russia visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has completed his visit to Russia and passed through the North's border crossing at Tumangang Railway Station, according to state media.