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North Korea has again sent balloons carrying rubbish across the heavily guarded border into South Korea following a similar incident earlier over the past week, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday. Yonhap cited the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying that about 600 balloons floated across the border and fell in Seoul and the surrounding province from Saturday evening onwards. The balloons carried trash, such as cigarette butts, paper and plastic bags, like the previous balloons, the report said. The JCS advised local residents not to touch the objects but to report them to...
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State media in North Korea reported on Friday that ruler Kim Jong Un had supervised a weapons exercise the previous day in which a volley of missiles was fired from rocket launchers. This was intended as a show of force against South Korea, the reports said, and had used a launch control system which is part of the "state management system for nuclear weapons." North Korea claims to have missiles equipped with tactical nuclear warheads that can be fired from multiple rocket launchers to hit targets throughout South Korea. The exercise was also said to demonstrate North Korea's ability to launc...
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South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of launching a missile test and jamming attacks on Seoul's GPS navigation system. The general staff of the South Korean military said the weapons were probably short-range ballistic missiles, which can be equipped with a nuclear warhead. The missiles reportedly flew 350 kilometres before falling into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, which separates Japan from the Korean peninsula. The United States denounced the test and called on Pyongyang to "refrain from further unlawful and destabilizing acts." North Korea is subject to international...
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North Korea has fired about 10 suspected short-range ballistic missiles, the South Korean military said on Thursday. North Korea launched the missiles 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. "Our military has strengthened monitoring and vigilance against additional launches, while closely sharing information related to North Korean ballistic missiles with the U.S. and Japanese authorities," the JCS said. North Korea was accused on Wednesday of sending hundreds of balloons containing rubbish and faec...
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North Korea was accused on Wednesday of sending hundreds of balloons containing rubbish and faeces across the heavily fortified border with South Korea. The South Korean military released images showing inflated balloons with plastic bags tethered to them. Around 260 such balloons filled with trash and excrement had been launched by Wednesday afternoon, the military in Seoul said. They fell in various parts of the country, sometimes far from the border. On Sunday, North Korea said it would send "mounds of wastepaper and filth" in a tit-for-tat action against the recent distribution of anti-Pyo...
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North Korea reported that it has failed its latest attempt to launch a satellite into space, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, citing Pyongyang's state media. The space rocket carrying the satellite exploded in flight. The failed attempt was initially attributed to engine damage, it was reported. South Korea's military had previously detected the launch of a missile in North Korea. A few minutes later, however, "numerous pieces of debris" were spotted in the sea, which could have come from the missile, according to the General Staff in Seoul. South Korea's top command later sug...
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The Japanese government on Monday said that North Korea was preparing to attempt a new satellite launch in the coming days. The government in Tokyo said it has been notified that Pyongyang intends to launch a satellite into space by June 4. Tokyo, however, suspects that this will involve the launch of a long-range ballistic missile. The office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on social media platform X that North Korea would be urged not to launch a missile by countries including the United States and South Korea. According to information from the Japanese government, North Korea ...
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North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile towards the open sea on Friday, the South Korean military reported. The launching or even testing of ballistic missiles by the secretive regime in North Korea is prohibited by UN resolutions. The missile flew out to sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan, according to the top military command centre in Seoul. There were no further details. Depending on their design, ballistic missiles can be equipped with a nuclear warhead. North Korea, ruled by dictator Kim Jong Un, is largely isolated internationally due to its nuclear weapons programme.
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North Korea has warned allies of the United States, including Germany, France and Britain, to stop provoking tension in the Asia-Pacific region. The Foreign Ministry in Pyongyang denounced the "military interference" in the region under the "under the pretext of monitoring violation of UN sanctions," in a statement carried by state-controlled news agency KCNA on Monday. North Korea warned Germany, France, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada to "immediately stop the provocations of causing tension and instability," KCNA reported. "Western countries should ponder over the fact that their ...
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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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