North Korea is advancing its nuclear program, UN report says
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North Korea fires unidentified projectiles, South Korea military says
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it has detected a series of launches made from a town in the North's South Hamgyong province and is monitoring for more activity.
North Korea fires two projectiles after long tests pause, South says
Experts think they were short-range ballistic missiles. The launches came after a break that might have been related to coronavirus concerns.
N. Korea still enhancing nuclear efforts, U.N. group says
The report says Pyongyang has continued those activities unabated. It will be submitted to the U.N. Security Council next month.
U.S. military might furlough 9,000 Korean employees amid funding row
American force warns South Korean workers it "will soon exhaust programmed funds available to pay their salaries and wages."
Trump wishes Kim Jong Un happy birthday, via South Korea
South Korean official says Trump asked him to convey the message during a meeting in Washington. U.S.-North Korean nuclear talks have been stalled for months.
No sign of "Christmas gift" from North Korea yet, but deadline looms
There's been speculation Kim Jong Un might test an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.
Concern mounts about possible North Korean ICBM test
A new satellite image shows construction at a factory where Pyongyang makes military equipment for such long-range missiles.
Long-range missile test from North Korea not expected until 2020
So far U.S. intelligence is not seeing any preparations for a missile launch.
China and Russia propose lifting some U.N. sanctions on N. Korea
The U.S., however, says "now is not the time for the U.N. Security Council to consider offering premature sanctions relief" to Pyongyang.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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"
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"
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
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