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South Korea has raised its terror warning levels by two levels from "caution" to "alert" at five foreign missions due to increased risk of attacks on them by North Korea, the Seoul government said on Thursday. The "alert" level is the third highest of the four-level system and means that "the possibility of a terrorist attack" is classified as high, the government said. The move is in response to intelligence indications that showed that North Korea could attempt to cause damage to South Korean embassies in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam as well as the to consulates general in Vladivostok in Russi...
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North Korea on Tuesday said that it has carried out a nuclear counter-attack simulation "involving super-large multiple rocket artillerymen." State-controlled news agency KCNA reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the Monday launches, the first demonstration of Pyongyang's new nuclear-weapons management and control system called "Haekbangashoe," or "nuclear trigger." Kim had expressed his satisfaction with the test, KCNA reported. The missiles fired hit their target in the sea within a radius of 352 kilometres. "The joint tactical exercise has significantly increased the power ...
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North Korea on Tuesday said that it has carried out a nuclear counter-attack simulation "involving super-large multiple rocket artillerymen." State-controlled news agency KCNA reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the Monday launches, the first demonstration of Pyongyang's new nuclear-weapons management and control system called "Haekbangashoe," or "nuclear trigger." According to South Korea's General Staff, North Korea on Monday fired several suspected ballistic missiles toward the open sea. North Korea is prohibited by UN resolutions from launching or even testing ballistic m...
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North Korea has once again fired several suspected ballistic missiles toward the open sea, prompting officials in Seoul to consult with their US counterparts on how to expand cooperation, South Korea's General Staff said on Monday. North Korea is prohibited by UN resolutions from launching or even testing ballistic missiles of any range. The suspected short-range missiles were said to have flown about 300 kilometres eastwards from an area around the capital Pyongyang after the launch on Monday. They crashed into the sea. South Korea's military accused North Korea of committing another provocat...
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North Korea has fired an unspecified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday. North Korea launched the missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the general staff in Seoul (JCS) as saying. North Korea is prohibited by UN resolutions from launching or even testing ballistic missiles of any range. These are usually surface-to-surface missiles that can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have again risen in recent months.
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North Korea said on Saturday it had tested a "super-large" cruise missile warhead and a new anti-aircraft missile. A power test of a super-large warhead designed for the Hwasal-1 Ra-3 strategic cruise missile and a test launch of the Pyoljji-1-2 anti-aircraft missile took place on Friday, state media reported. "Through the test launch, a certain goal was attained," KCNA reported. It said Friday’s tests were part of North Korea's regular military activities and had "nothing to do with the surrounding situation." UN resolutions prohibit North Korea from testing ballistic missiles of any range, s...
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South Korea has sent a second military reconnaissance satellite into space to improve its ability to monitor neighbouring North Korea. A Falcon 9 rocket from the private space company SpaceX with the South Korean satellite on board lifted off from NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Centre in the US state of Florida on Sunday evening. The launch was successful and the satellite reached its target orbit, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said. The rocket also transported other spacecraft in addition to the South Korean satellite. The first military reconnaissance satellite was put into orbit in December, ...
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The self-proclaimed nuclear power North Korea has reported that it has made further progress in the development of missiles with hypersonic warheads. The missile authority on Tuesday successfully tested "a new-type intermediate-range solid-fueled ballistic missile loaded with newly-developed hypersonic gliding warhead," North Korean state media said on Wednesday. The test of the Hwasong-16 was led by North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, KCNA said, adding that the missile travelled 1,000 kilometres before falling into the water in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, as scheduled. Both Sout...
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North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Tuesday. North Korea launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from the Pyongyang area at about 6:53 am (2153 GMT on Monday) towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, the general staff in Seoul (JCS) said. According to the South Korean military the missile travelled some 600 kilometres before ending in the sea. Data on the missile test is being analysed in cooperation with the US and Japan, it said. South Korea's military assumed that the test was a medium-range missile wi...
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North Korea has fired an unspecified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Tuesday. North Korea launched the missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean news agency Yonhap cited the general staff in Seoul (JCS) as saying. North Korea is prohibited by UN resolutions from launching or even testing ballistic missiles of any range. These are usually surface-to-surface missiles that can also be equipped with a nuclear warhead. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have again risen in recent months.
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