Tag: North Korea

As this publication reported earlier today, North Korea launched one short-range ballistic missile at approximately 1300 EST. By 1500, the South Koreans and Japanese had confirmed that a single missile was launched from the Yongseong area of Pyongyang, which fell outside of the Japanese EEZ. The South Korean Joint...

At approximately 1808 EST, South Korean and Japanese officials began reporting that North Korea had launched three projectiles into the Sea of Japan. By 1854 EST , Japanese Prime Minister Kishida confirmed that all three missiles had landed and posed no threat to the Japanese mainland, its EEZ, or...

North Korea launched surveillance drones across the border into South Korean airspace on Monday, marking another spike in tension between the two countries amid an already turbulent year. This latest incursion marks the first air zone violation by a North Korean drone since 2017, when wreckage of one was...

State Department spokesman Ned Price reported that Russia is looking to North Korea to help replenish ballistic missile and artillery stockpiles for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which echoes claims previously made by National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby last month. During a press briefing with reporters on Wednesday, Price...

The United Nations Security Council held a meeting today over North Korea’s latest missile launch, where member nations urged the DPRK to show restraint amid an unprecedented 63 missile launches this year. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, emphasized that “This is the tenth time the Council has...

The US-Korea "Vigilant Storm" exercises this year are the biggest ever, including 140 South Korean and over 100 American jets, and Pyongyang claims they are in reaction mode to this provocation and threat to its security. The north has responded to the increasing hazardous muscle-flexing during these maneuvers by...