Ballistic Missile

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile amid US-South Korea drills

North Korea views all such exercises as rehearsals for invasion and has repeatedly warned it would take "overwhelming" action in response.

ICBM launch serves as warning to US, South Korea over drills: DPRK

The Hwasong-17 is North Korea's biggest missile yet and was launched following the start of South Korean and American joint military drills held on a scale not seen since 2017.

North Korea demands the UN put an end to S.Korea-USA military drills

The United States and South Korea say the exercises are in self-defence and are necessary to counter the rising threats from North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes.

US slams UN Security Council for silence on North Korea missiles

The United States accuses UN Security Council of a lack of action on North Korea's ballistic missile launches, warning that the 15-member body's failure to respond emboldens the DPRK.

Belligerent North Korea ratchet up tensions, fires two ballistic missiles

The secretive Communist country has scaled up its military rhetoric in response to joint drills by US and Korean warplanes this week.

India test-fires ballistic missile from nuclear-powered submarine

Test of "nuclear deterrence capability" makes India one of six countries -- alongside US, UK, Russia, France and China -- with nuclear strike and counterstrike capabilities on land, sea and air.

South Korea apologises after failed missile sends residents into tizzy

South Korean military's Hyunmoo-2 missile fails shortly after launch and crashes during the drill with US military, panicking residents and leading many to believe it could be a North Korean attack.

North Korea fires ballistic missiles in week's fourth launch

Launch comes as navies of South Korea, US and Japan stage trilateral anti-submarine exercises for the first time in five years.

DPRK conducts more ballistic missile tests as Harris leaves South Korea

It is the third round of missile launches by North Korea this week, extending a record pace in weapons testing as it accelerates a push to expand its arsenal and pressure Washington to accept it as a nuclear power.

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US VP Harris tour

Pyongyang fires a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern seas, Seoul says, as US aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises.

North Korea fires ballistic missile amid growing tensions

The launch comes just a week after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to boost Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the "fastest possible speed."

North Korea fires suspected long-range missile into sea

The "unidentified projectile" fired toward the East Sea is presumably a long-range ballistic missile, Seoul and Tokyo said, amid fears that Pyongyang could be preparing to test-fire an ICBM.