Seoul Warns of North Korea’s Expanding Uranium Stockpile SEOUL – South Korea has issued a rare public warning over North Korea’s growing nuclear capabilities, revealing new intelligence about Pyongyang’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young told reporters that intelligence agencies estimate North Korea holds up to 2,000 kilograms of uranium enriched to […]
South Korea, U.S. Begin Joint Drills Amid Rising North Korea Tensions SEOUL – South Korea and the United States have launched their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military drills this week, stepping up preparations against North Korea’s growing nuclear threat. The 11-day exercises, which Seoul says are purely defensive, include upgraded response strategies. While the scale […]
It marks nuclear-armed North Korea’s first commentary on the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea strongly denounces the attack on Iran by the US, which severely violated the UN Charter with respect for sovereignty,” said a spokesperson of the North’s foreign ministry, according to a statement […]
The missiles were launched from Wonsan, North Korea’s eastern coastal city, around 8:10 a.m. (2310 GMT Wednesday) and flew up to 800 km (497 miles) before splashing down in the sea, the military said in a statement. South Korea is closely communicating with the U.S. and Japan to share information about the launch, it added. […]
North Korea has suffered some 4,700 casualties so far, including injuries and deaths, though its troops have shown signs of improved combat capabilities over about six months by using modern weapons like drones, the lawmakers said. In return for dispatching troops and supplying weapons to Russia, Pyongyang appears to have received technical assistance on spy […]
Cruise and anti-air missiles were launched and artillery fired as part of the test-firing attended by leader Kim Jong Un and senior officials, the report said. The time has come for North Korea’s navy to choose to accelerate nuclear armament for maritime sovereignty and for the sake of national defence, Kim was quoted as saying. […]
The victorious end of the battle to liberate Russia’s Kursk region showed the “highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship” between North Korea and Russia, the KCNA state news agency cited the North’s ruling party as saying. Russia said last week that Ukrainian forces had been expelled from the last Russian village they had […]
The 5,000-tonne warship was equipped with the “most powerful weapons” and built “within 400-odd days perfectly with our strength and technology,” Jo Chun Ryong, a secretary in the ruling Workers’ Party, was quoted as saying. Kim, in a speech from the launch reported by KCNA, said the warship would be handed over to the navy […]
Kim inspected new upgraded reconnaissance drones that are capable of detecting various tactical targets and enemy activities on land and at sea, KCNA state news agency said. “The field of unmanned equipment and artificial intelligence should be top-prioritized and developed in modernizing the armed forces,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying. The nuclear-armed North also officially […]
A commentary carried by KCNA said Washington should be wary of consequences for what it said were nuclear alliances, naming AUKUS and the trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan. Australia just made its first $500 million payment to the U.S. under the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Under AUKUS, Australia will pay the United States […]
