North Korea fired an alleged ballistic missile on Sunday morning, said South Korean and Japanese military officials said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed to Yonhap that North Korea fired a suspected missile toward the sea from its east coast near Sunan, where the isolated, communist regime’s airport is located. The missile fired on…
North Korea Fires Another Unidentified Projectile: South Korean Military
North Korea has fired its eight projectile this year, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Sunday morning. The South’s military chiefs said that the projectile, which has yet to be unidentified, was fired eastward. The North Korean regime’s last missile test was on Jan. 30 Reports contributed to this report.
Abe’s Think Tank Proposes ‘Beheading’ Military Move to Deter Chinese Communist Party
Japanese scholar Shimada Yoichi, a former advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, recently suggested that Japan’s military should strengthen its “beheading” capability to fundamentally subdue the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and North Korea in order to bring peace in Asia. In recent years, China’s aggressive military deployment to the Asia-Pacific region, its threat to…
COVAX Lowers Vaccine Distribution to North Korea After Deliveries Not Accepted
The COVAX facility, a global vaccine distribution platform, has reportedly lowered the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to North Korea, as the country refused to make any delivery arrangements for the U.N.-backed immunization program. The number of vaccine doses allocated for North Korea dropped to 1.54 million doses, compared to 8.11 million doses allocated…
US Think Tank Identifies North Korea’s ‘Undeclared’ Missile Base
A United States think-tank on Monday said it discovered North Korea’s “undeclared” missile operating base near its border with China, which is believed to house intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report that the Hoejung-ni missile operating base is located about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from…
South Korean Presidential Candidates Clash Over US, China Diplomacies in First Televised Debate
As a run-up to the 2022 South Korean presidential election scheduled for March 9, four candidates clashed in a two-hour televised debate. The candidates sparred over their approaches to the United States and China as well as their plans to reinforce national missile defense against North Korea. The debate, on the evening of Feb. 3,…
North Korean Regime to Increase Spending Despite ‘Complicated Problems’ Caused by Sanctions
The North Korean regime vowed to increase its epidemic prevention and national defense capability budget, despite “complicated problems” caused by what it called “hostile forces’ persistent sanctions” and the coronavirus pandemic, state media said on Tuesday. The state budget was presented at a two-day meeting of the regime’s top political body, which began on Sunday,…
North Korean Authorities Arrest Dance Tutor, Students for Practicing ‘Capitalist’ Dance Moves: Report
North Korean authorities have reportedly arrested a dance tutor and several of her students for using foreign media to practice a “capitalist” dance routine, news outlet Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Friday, citing sources in the teacher’s neighborhood. A resident of the northwestern city of Pyongsong said on Jan. 31 that a dance instructor,…
United States Calls for Direct Talks With North Korea After Hwasong-12 Missile Test
North Korea confirmed it has test-fired a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Sunday, its state-run media reported, as Washington urges Pyongyang to engage in direct talks with no preconditions. Pyongyang conducted its seventh missile test this month, the largest number in a single month since 2019. South Korea and Japan claimed that the projectile traveled…
North Korea Continues War Drills, Launches Most Powerful Missile in Years
North Korea ramped up its recent bevy of weapons tests on Sunday, firing what analysts say is the most powerful missile the isolated regime has tested in five years. Pyongyang’s seventh launch of January 2022 traveled 1,242 miles up and landed in the ocean about 500 miles away, said officials with the Japanese and South…
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