North Korea says it conducted "crucial test" at long-range rocket site

The announcement comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration for major concessions.

• Dec 14, 2019

Trump's shadow war with North Korea likely to intensify soon

At the end of the year, a trio of events in the North are likely to threaten President Trump's hopes for progress in U.S.-North Korea relations

• Dec 13, 2019

North Korea fires back at Trump's "rocket man" reference to Kim

Pyongyang reacts with indignation, and a threat to resume a war of words with the American president ahead of a looming deadline for nuclear diplomacy.

• Dec 6, 2019

North Korea warns U.S. must choose its own "Christmas gift"

Kim Jong Un's regime has warned it will chose a "new path" if the U.S. doesn't offer new terms for a nuclear disarmament deal by the end of the year.

• Dec 3, 2019

North Korea carries out another apparent missile test

South Korean officials say 2 projectiles were launched, apparently the latest in a series of weapons tests as Kim Jong Un threatens to abandon diplomacy entirely.

• Nov 28, 2019

U.S. envoy cuts short troop funding negotiations in South Korea

With Kim Jong Un's deadline for diplomacy looming, the U.S. and its close ally South Korea can't agree on who is paying to keep 28,000 American boots on the ground

• Nov 19, 2019

Esper pushes South Korea for "substantial increase" in troop funding

Reports the Trump administration is seeking a 5-fold increase in Seoul's defense contribution have drawn a harsh rebuke from South Koreans

• Nov 15, 2019

South Korea sends 2 North Koreans home for killing 16 in defection bid

Government official says "it was judged they would pose a threat to the lives and safety of the people" if allowed into South Korea

• Nov 8, 2019

N. Korea confirms 3rd test of "super-large" multiple rocket launcher

Launch extends series of weapons tests during standstill in nuclear talks with U.S. designed to advance North's military capabilities while pressuring Washington for concessions.

• Nov 1, 2019

The North Korean Threat

Bill Whitaker reports from Seoul, where 28,000 U.S. troops are stationed in or nearby, and the Korean DMZ, seeing firsthand the tense standoff between the North and South.

• Jun 11, 2017
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North Korea fires two more projectiles, South says

They're the latest in a recent series of launches; Pentagon says they appeared to be missiles and Tokyo says they landed in the sea between Japan and the Koreas

• Oct 31, 2019

Amid push to restart U.S. talks, Kim Jong Un gets confrontational

North Korean leader orders destruction of South Korean-built infrastructure at mountain resort, an ominous sign as Sweden pushes for resumption of talks with U.S.

• Oct 23, 2019

Kim Jong Un rode a horse up a sacred mountain. Does it mean anything?

South Korean media took Kim's trot on Mount Paektu as a possible sign of a change in tack, but he focused on his country's resistance to "ceaseless sanctions"

• Oct 16, 2019

North Korea says onus on U.S. after "sickening" nuke talks fall apart

Pyongyang says breakdown of meeting in Stockholm left North Korea thinking U.S. "may be abusing the bilateral relations for their own partisan interests"

• Oct 7, 2019

North Korea test fires missile designed to launch from submarine

Latest test of a missile that would give Kim Jong Un a worrying new capability comes just days before U.S. and North Korean officials are expected to resume talks

• Oct 2, 2019

North Korea confirms second test launch of multiple rocket launcher

Pyongyang says Kim Jong Un watched latest in series of weapons tests, hours after North said it was willing to resume nuclear talks with U.S. in late September

• Sep 11, 2019

North Korea fires projectiles after offering to resume U.S. talks

The projectiles reportedly flew across North Korea before landing in the waters off its east coast

• Sep 9, 2019

Japan-South Korea trade row threatens a vital security alliance

South Korea is bristling at Japan's decision to change their trade relationship and has nixed an intelligence sharing pact in response, just as the U.S. needs regional unity

• Aug 28, 2019

North Korea launches more projectiles, rejects new talks with South

South Korean and Japanese officials say the apparent short-range missiles posed no immediate threat, but they came hours after a firm rebuke from the Kim regime

• Aug 16, 2019

North Korea again fires ballistic missiles, South says

Pyongyang's fourth round of launches in less than two weeks came as U.S. and South Korea conducted joint military exercises and amid standstill in nuclear negotiations

• Aug 6, 2019

N. Korea fires projectiles for third time in 8 days, South says

Seoul says they appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles; Pyongyang is seen as ramping up pressure over stalled nukes talks

• Aug 2, 2019

North Korea claims it tested crucial new rocket launch system

Pyongyang's account differs from Seoul's conclusion test was second in week of short-range ballistic missiles; new rocket launcher could prove valuable asset, experts say

• Aug 1, 2019

North Korea fires short-range missiles for second time in a week

South Korea said last week's launch was a new type of short-range ballistic missile, one that could hit all of the South, where 28,500 U.S. troops are based

• Aug 1, 2019

Man fleeing North Korea detained in South Korea

There was no immediate word as to the man's identity or reason behind his defection late Wednesday

• Jul 31, 2019

North Korea launches 2 short-range missiles

1st launch by North Korea since President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Kim Jong Un​ at the Demilitarized Zone

• Jul 25, 2019

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