North Korean missile blows up shortly after test launch, South says

The test came amid speculation that Pyongyang is preparing to test its longest-range ICBM in what would be its most significant provocation in years.

• Mar 16, 2022

U.S. responds to "serious escalation" of North Korean missile tests

Pentagon enhancing intelligence gathering and missile defense readiness in the region after Kim Jong Un regime tests components for a huge new missile.

• Mar 11, 2022

South Korea elects new leader vowing to teach Kim Jong Un "some manners"

After years of left-leaning leadership bent on forging diplomacy with North Korea, the key U.S. ally appears set to change its stance on "rude boy" Kim.

• Mar 10, 2022

South Korea fires on North Korean patrol boat in disputed waters

Seoul says the North Korean vessel was chasing an unarmed one from the North, which the South seized.

• Mar 8, 2022

U.N. report says North Korea funding nuclear program with cyberattack earnings

The report on North Korea's nuclear advancements comes at a time when tensions among Security Council members are running high.

• Feb 7, 2022

Kim back on a white horse in North Korea's latest propaganda video

The production touts Kim Jong Un's economic leadership, but doesn't mention his 7 recent missile tests in breach of U.N. sanctions.

• Feb 3, 2022

North Korea claims test of missile capable of hitting U.S. territory

Analysts say the 7th round of test launches this month alone could be a prelude to Pyongyang resuming tests of nuclear weapons or missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland.

• Jan 31, 2022

North Korea carries out 7th launch this month

The flight details suggest the North tested its longest-range ballistic missile since 2017, when it flight-tested three intercontinental range ballistic missiles.

• Jan 29, 2022

North Korea launches 2 more suspected missiles

Experts say North Korea's unusually fast pace in testing activity underscores an intent to pressure the Biden administration over long-stalled negotiations.

• Jan 26, 2022

North Korea tests two apparent cruise missiles

Analysts say Pyongyang's recent flurry of missile launches is likely an effort to get Washington to accelerate diplomacy over the North's nuclear weapons program and the sanctions stemming from it.

• Jan 25, 2022

North Korea to "reconsider" suspension of nuclear weapons testing

The Kim regime says "hostile" U.S. moves have left it to "promptly examine the issue of restarting all temporally-suspended activities," including testing nuclear explosives and long-range missiles.

• Jan 20, 2022

North Korea tests suspected ballistic missiles for 4th time in a month

The latest weapons test appears to be part of Kim Jong Un's response to stalled diplomacy and the U.S. slapping his regime with new sanctions over previous launches.

• Jan 17, 2022

U.S. sanctions North Korean officials in response to missile test

The Treasury Department said it was imposing penalties on the five officials over their roles in obtaining equipment and technology for the North's missile programs.

• Jan 13, 2022

North Korea test launches ballistic missile in 1st provocation of 2022

U.S. military says the launch posed no threat, but "highlights the destabilizing impact" of Kim Jong Un's weapons program, which has neighbor Japan rethinking its defense-only stance.

• Jan 5, 2022

North Korean defector apparently sneaks back across DMZ to go home

Officials say a man, reportedly a North Korean who defected to the South about a year ago, has made it back across no man's land. Why would anyone do that?

• Jan 4, 2022

Kim Jong Un impersonator undeterred by threats

Kim Min Yong took his gig impersonating North Korea's dictator online, and despite criticism and even threats, he's determined to keep poking fun at Kim Jong Un.

• Dec 23, 2021

What has a decade under Kim Jong Un done for North Korea?

In 10 years of rule, Kim has cemented his role as ruler of the North and armed the nation to the teeth, but he's more isolated than ever, and no closer to his ultimate goals.

• Dec 20, 2021

South Korea has partial success with 1st launch into the space race

The country successfully launched a home-grown rocket for the 1st time, but the payload, a dummy satellite, failed to make it into orbit.

• Oct 21, 2021

North Korea confirms test of missile designed for submarine launch

Tuesday's launch is the most high-profile weapons test by North Korea since U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January.

• Oct 20, 2021

N. Korea test fires suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile

If confirmed it wouldn't be the North's 1st test of a missile designed for launch from underwater, but experts say this may have been a newer generation weapon.

• Oct 19, 2021

Koreas reactivate cross-border hotline and speak on it

The on-again-off-again communications link was restored amid rising tensions over the North's latest series of missile tests.

• Oct 4, 2021

North Korea claims successful hypersonic missile test

The advanced technology makes missiles much harder to defend against, but South Korea says the North still needs "a considerable time" to perfect the weapons.

• Sep 29, 2021

North Korea fires short-range missile to sea in latest test

A ballistic missile launch would violate a U.N. ban, but the council typically doesn't impose new sanctions on North Korea for launches of short-range weapons.

• Sep 27, 2021

What to expect from N. Korea

Douglas Ollivant, senior fellow at New America and an adviser for Monument Capital Group, joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" from Washington to discuss the rising tensions with North Korea and other security threats facing the U.S.

• Apr 15, 2017
• 3:51

N. Korea test fires more missiles, South answers with its own test

Ballistic missile test comes just 2 days after the North said it tested a new long-range missile. This time, South Korea appears to have responded with its own weapons tests.

• Sep 15, 2021

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