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Rebecca Falconer
Mar 20, 2023 - World

North Korea drills simulated "nuclear counterattack," state media claims

Rebecca Falconer
Mar 16, 2023 - World

North Korea's military launches ICBM ahead of South Korean-Japanese summit

 A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 16.
Rebecca Falconer
Mar 7, 2023 - World

Kim's sister warns U.S. not to intercept North Korean missile tests

 Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, March 2, 2019.
Rebecca Falconer
Feb 24, 2023 - World

Pyongyang says it test-fired cruise missiles as U.S., South Korea held drill

A woman watches a tv screen showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul earlier this month.
Jacob Knutson
Feb 20, 2023 - World

North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles days after ICBM test

A person watching a tv screen in Seoul on Feb. 20 showing a file image of a North Korean missile launch.
Ivana Saric
Feb 19, 2023 - World

North Korea: latest ICBM launch shows capacity for "fatal nuclear counterattack"

U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-16 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jets fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on February 19, 2023
Rebecca Falconer
Feb 9, 2023 - World

Kim Jong-un's daughter center stage as Pyongyang showcases largest-ever ICBM parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with his daughter Kim Ju-ae during a military parade celebrating  the 75th anniversary of the founding of the military in Pyongyang.
Ivana Saric
Jan 12, 2023 - World

Trump discussed nuclear strike on North Korea and blaming another country, book says

Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15,
Herb Scribner
Jan 1, 2023 - World

North Korea’s Kim calls for "exponential increase" of nuke arsenal

 TV screen shows footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Yongsan Railway Station in Seoul.