North Korea resumes missile tests with first launch in a month
- 28-Feb-2022
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea had fired a suspected ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast from a location near Sunan, where Pyongyang’s international airport is located. The airport has been the site of missile tests, including a pair of short-range ballistic missiles fired on Jan. 16. Sunday’s […]
North Korea fires two missiles as US condemns flurry of tests
- 27-Jan-2022
SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, drawing condemnation from the United States for what would be the sixth round of missile tests this month. The series of tests is among the most missiles ever launched by North Korea in a month, analysts said, as it begins 2022 […]
Despite missile tests, Pompeo hopeful North Korea talks will resume in weeks
- 08-Aug-2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was hopeful denuclearization talks would resume between North Korea and the United States soon, in spite of repeated North Korean missile tests and the lengthening delay in restarting the talks.
North Korea’s missile tests not ‘breach of trust’: Trump
- 11-May-2019
"These were short-range missiles and very standard stuff. Very standard," Trump said
North Korea could nuke US, Europe ‘within months’: France
- 01-Sep-2017
PARIS: France’s foreign minister warned Friday that North Korea could have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the United States and even Europe “within months”. Jean-Yves Le Drian called the situation following a string of missile tests by Pyongyang “extremely serious” and urged the reclusive state to turn to dialogue to ease spiralling […]
North Korea threatens more missile tests
- 18-Apr-2017
PYONGYANG: North Korea will continue to regularly test missiles and any military action against it by the United States would prompt “all out war”, a senior North Korean official told the BBC on Monday. North Korea has conducted several missile and nuclear tests in defiance of U.N. sanctions and has said it has developed a […]
Israel wants Iran to be punished for missile tests
- 13-Mar-2016
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli diplomats to demand that world powers punish Iran for its recent ballistic missile launches, his office said on Saturday.
Iran conducts new missile tests defying US sanctions
- 08-Mar-2016
TEHRAN: Iran said Tuesday it had conducted multiple ballistic missile tests to demonstrate "deterrent power," a move that comes in defiance of US sanctions imposed over its missile programme in January.