North Korea sending more garbage balloons over border, South Korea says

The balloon launches are among a recent series of provocations by North Korea.

• Jun 1, 2024

North Korea Summit: What’s at stake?

The two unpredictable leaders plan to meet in Singapore to negotiate the future of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. David Martin reports on why the summit carries so much weight.

• Jun 10, 2018
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North Korea flies hundreds of balloons full of trash over South Korea

South's Korea's military said about 260 North Korean balloons were found dropped in various parts of the country and were being recovered by military rapid response and explosive clearance teams.

• May 29, 2024

North Korea says attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit failed

North Korea had earlier notified Japan's coast guard about its plans to launch "a satellite rocket."

• May 27, 2024

North Korea continues recent spate of weapons tests, South says

North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea's military said, a day after South Korea and the U.S. flew powerful fighter jets in a joint drill.

• May 17, 2024

Watch out Taylor Swift, Kim Jong Un has a new tune out, too

North Korea's latest launch to boost Kim Jong Un's image wasn't a missile, but a song and music video all about the "Friendly Father."

• Apr 19, 2024

North Korea resumes missile tests after U.S., South Korea military drills

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.

• Mar 17, 2024

Kim Jong Un visits troops, urges them to complete "preparations for war"

North Korean state media say leader Kim Jong Un test drove one of the country's new tanks and urged troops to be ready for war.

• Mar 14, 2024

Putin gives Kim Jong Un his own version of the Russian leader's limo

North Korea's Kim Jong Un apparently liked Vladimir Putin's limousine so much on a visit to Russia that Putin has given him one.

• Feb 20, 2024

North Korea fires several cruise missiles into sea, extending testing spree

Pyongyang's latest tests come with tensions on the Korean Peninsula at their highest point in years as Kim Jong Un hastens the North's weapons development — and threats.

• Feb 2, 2024

North Korea says it tested underwater nuclear attack drone

North Korea said it tested an underwater nuclear attack drone in response to joint naval exercises by the U.S., Seoul and Tokyo.

• Jan 19, 2024

North Korea says it's carried out its first missile test of 2024

Pyongyang says the missile had solid-fuel, an intermediate range and a hypersonic warhead. Analysts say the North is seeking stronger, harder-to-detect weapons to hit remote U.S. targets in the region.

• Jan 15, 2024

Koreas fire artillery rounds in drills along tense sea boundary

The firing exercises, which are in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean military agreement, are expected to escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

• Jan 5, 2024

North Korea's Kim hurls nuclear threats as U.S. heads into election year

Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea's military to "thoroughly annihilate" the U.S. and South Korea if his isolated nation is provoked, state media say.

• Jan 1, 2024

North Korea test fires missile touted as most powerful in nuclear arsenal

South Korea and Japan say North Korea has test launched a missile likely among the most powerful, long-range weapons in its arsenal, the Hwasong-18 ICBM.

• Dec 18, 2023

South Korea scrambles jets as Chinese and Russian warplanes approach

South Korea says 2 Chinese and 4 Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone for just less than 20 minutes, but "there was no invasion of airspace."

• Dec 14, 2023

North Korea launches spy satellite into orbit, state media says

North Korea attempted to launch a surveillance satellite into orbit two other times this year without success.

• Nov 21, 2023

Russia gets North Korean artillery, Ukraine gets Iranian ammo from U.S.

North Korea has started transferring artillery to Russia as the U.S. sends a seized cache of Iranian ammunition to Ukraine.

• Oct 5, 2023

American soldier who crossed into North Korea is back in U.S.

Travis King, who ran across the border from South Korea into North Korea in July, was transferred back to U.S. custody in China, then flown to San Antonio.

• Sep 28, 2023

American soldier who crossed into North Korea is back in U.S. custody

U.S. soldier Travis King, who ran across the border from South Korea into North Korea in July, was transferred back to U.S. custody in China.

• Sep 27, 2023

Inside Kim Jong Un's armored train: "A sweet home"

Images on Russia and North Korean state media showed Kim Jong Un traveling to Russia by armored train — a method of travel that has been used by the reclusive Kim dynasty for decades.

• Sep 12, 2023

North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for presumed meeting with Putin

U.S. and South Korean officials believe Kim will offer Vladimir Putin weapons and ammo for his war in Ukraine in exchange for food, energy and weapons technology.

• Sep 12, 2023

Doubt cast over North Korea's boasts of new "nuclear attack submarine"

One expert says the sub, based on Soviet-era technology, "will have inherent limitations," but still serve a key purpose for the Kim regime.

• Sep 8, 2023

U.S. ally worries about what Kim Jong Un could get if he helps Russia

A senior South Korean official tells CBS News there's concern the isolated Kim regime could get nuclear submarine or satellite technology for helping Putin.

• Sep 6, 2023

North Korea says it practiced for a "scorched earth" nuclear strike

North Korea's disclosure of detailed war plans is seen an escalation of its protest against ongoing South Korea-U.S. military exercises​

• Aug 31, 2023

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