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North Korea fires barrage of rhetoric as US flies bombers, stealth jets

The joint drills near the Korean Peninsula included US B-52 bombers and F-22 stealth fighter jets, besides F-35 and F-15 fighter jets from South Korea.

North Korea's Kim calls Hwasong-17 'world's strongest strategic weapon'

Kim Jong-un says his country's ultimate goal is to "possess the world's most powerful strategic force" as he promotes scientists and officers behind recent test of "monster missile."

DPRK launches six more missiles prompting evacuation warnings in Japan

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during a new salvo of launches, the South Korean military says, with Washington urging all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang.

Japan orders residents to shelter as North Korea missiles soar again

Pyongyang fires multiple ballistic missiles, including a suspected ICBM, triggering evacuation alerts in parts of Japan — the latest in a record year of missile testing by the nuclear-armed North.

North Korea fires 'ballistic missile,' prompts evacuation alert in Japan

Japanese authorities issue a “J-alert” to residents in northeastern regions to evacuate to buildings nearby, while trains were temporarily suspended in Hokkaido and Aomori regions.

US: North Korea prepares to conduct new missile test

US and South Korean officials have been saying for weeks that there are signs of new construction at Punggye-ri, North Korea's only known nuclear test site, and that Pyongyang could soon test another bomb.

US nixes ICBM test due to Russia nuclear tensions

Decision to cancel the test of the LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to appease Russia after Moscow announced it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert.

US seeks tighter UN sanctions after North Korea missile test

North Korea's latest launch extended a barrage of weapons demonstrations this year that analysts say are aimed at forcing the US to accept the idea of Pyongyang as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions against its broken economy.

North Korea's Kim oversees test of Hwasong-17 'monster missile'

Pyongyang's latest launch was a huge, new intercontinental ballistic missile, state media reports, in a test leader Kim Jong-un said was designed to demonstrate might of its nuclear force and deter any US military moves.

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.

US sanctions Russians over support for North Korea weapons program

Sanctions have targeted Russian citizens and Moscow-based entities complicit in helping Pyongyang purchase elements for its missile launches, the US Treasury said.

US: North Korea testing new ICBM system

Two recent missile tests conducted by Pyongyang were of a new intercontinental ballistic missile system and the country will be punished with fresh sanctions, senior US official says.