South Korea says North Korea test-fired multiple cruise missiles
The tests came three days after Pyongyang carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea.
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The tests came three days after Pyongyang carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea.
The launch came just before South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo.
South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world, and its population is expected to shrink by more than a quarter by 2070. Elizabeth Palmer spoke to young Koreans about the challenges of parenthood in their country, and why so many of them are deciding against it.
Kim Jong Un's regime calls the major U.S.-South Korean exercise "frantic war preparation," and is likely to respond with more provocative tests.
The April 26 visit, which will include a fancy state dinner, will mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea.
North Korea has threatened "unprecedentedly persistent and strong counteractions" if the annual military exercises go ahead.
North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles, which fell into the sea near Japan's exclusive economic zone with no reports of any vessels or aircraft being damaged by the missiles, just two days after firing an intercontinental ballistic missile. CBS News foreign correspondent Lucy Craft joined Anne-Marie Green on "CBS News Mornings" to discuss the latest launch.
A Japanese government spokesperson said no damage was reported from the missile, which landed in the sea off Japan, about 125 miles west of Oshima island.
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The blaze in the so-called Guryong village destroyed about 60 homes, but not all of them were occupied and there were no reported casualties.
The man tested positive for the virus upon arriving in Seoul and was taken to a quarantine facility, but then he made off for reasons that remain unclear.
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North Korea has test-fired more than 70 ballistic and cruise missiles this year.
South Korean officials said five North Korean drones crossed the border into the country's airspace on Monday. The military responded by firing warning shots and launching fighter jets and attack helicopters to shoot down the drones.
Tensions at the border were sky-high -- literally. Seoul said it was the first time in five years that drones from the North violated its airspace.
Courts had ordered customs to release the sex dolls, saying they are used in people's private spaces and don't undermine human dignity.
The U.S. flew nuclear-capable bombers and advanced stealth jets near the Korean Peninsula during the drills.
Pyongyang says preparations should be wrapped up by April. Western experts note that April 15 is an important holiday in the North.
U.S. officials were quick to praise the massive adjustment to post-WWII Japan's pacifist policy as marking "a new era in the defense of democracy."
Members of "The Army," as BTS fans are somewhat ironically known, replied with tears to a photo of Jin with his new haircut, bidding farewell to his bandmates.
Starting June 2023, ages reported on official documentation must be calculated in accordance with the international method — an effort to reduce confusion between the country's different methods of age calculation.
The 78-year-old Emmy nominee has reportedly denied a female complainant's allegation of inappropriate touching.
Beijing and Moscow appeared to have "engaged in a combined air exercise," Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported.