Pyongyang

Choe Son-hui becomes North Korea's first female foreign minister

The veteran diplomat served as a close aide to Kim Jong Un during nuclear talks with the United States and accompanied the North Korean leader to summits with then US president Donald Trump.

South Korea, US fire ballistic missiles after North Korea's tests

Allies launch ground-to-ground ATACMS missiles at targets in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, says Seoul's military.

North Korea test-fires multiple 'short-range ballistic missiles'

North Korea fired eight ballistic missiles in a drill that adds to its record pace of launches for the year.

US, allies prepare for 'contingencies' amid North Korea nuke test concerns

Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan have met in Seoul for talks on North Korea amid signs the country is preparing to conduct a nuclear test for the first time since 2017.

North Korean military steps up Covid response as outbreak grows

The country reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be Covid-19 and encouraged good health habits as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population.

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.

North Korea leader: Pyongyang could "preemptively" use its nuclear force

North Korea will continue to develop its nuclear-armed military so that it could “preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves," Kim Jong-un said.

Kim vows to 'strengthen' North Korea's nuclear weapons

Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un has said that the country will continue to bolster its nuclear capabilities despite being under biting international sanctions over its nuclear weapons programme.

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.

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.

North Korea conducts ‘significant’ test for developing spy satellite

The country's news state agency said the test involved cameras for a reconnaissance satellite conducting vertical and oblique photography of a specific area of Earth.