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.
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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.
Kim also ordered authorities to press ahead with work to manufacture more nuclear weapons.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for accelerated war preparations in response to confrontational moves he says are led by the United States. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul has more.
North Korea test fired a long-range ballistic missile Sunday night with the potential to hit the United States, according to Japan's defense ministry. South Korean officials say the missile was launched near the capital of Pyongyang, traveling east and flying over 600 miles before falling into the sea. The BBC's Jean Mackenzie has more.
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.
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."
South Korea says it has launched its first spy satellite into space just one week after North Korea claimed it did the same. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more on the new frontier in Korean competition.
North Korean state media said the country successfully launched a surveillance satellite into orbit late Tuesday night. The claim couldn't immediately be independently confirmed. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more.
North Korea attempted to launch a surveillance satellite into orbit two other times this year without success.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin Thursday about the growing threat from the military partnership between North Korea and Russia. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has more.
"Korean food was something that was a real source of shame for me growing up, and now sharing this food is a real full circle moment for me," Kim said.
Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile killed two civilians in the southern part of the country Wednesday. The attack came on the same day Russia's foreign minister met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, joins CBS News to discuss the emerging alliance between the nations.
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A U.S. official tells CBS News North Korea has started sending artillery to Russia, while the Biden administration says the U.S. is sending Ukraine ammunition taken from Iran. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.
North Korea has started transferring artillery to Russia as the U.S. sends a seized cache of Iranian ammunition to Ukraine.
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.
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.
U.S. Army Pvt. Travis King, who crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea in July, is back in U.S. custody after being deported by North Korea Wednesday. A senior U.S. official said King is in good spirits and has already spoken with his mother. King had fled into North Korea on the same day he was supposed to return to the U.S. to face military discipline for an assault conviction. Elizabeth Palmer has more.
Travis King, the young American soldier who crossed into North Korea from South Korea in July, was back in U.S. custody Wednesday, U.S. officials said. North Korea announced earlier Wednesday that it would expel King, with the totalitarian state's tightly controlled media saying he had confessed to entering the country illegally. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis has more.
North Korea announced Wednesday that it will expel Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into the country two months earlier, according to the country's state-run media. North Korea's KCNA news agency said King had confessed to illegally entering the country. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.
North Korea says it will expel U.S. soldier Travis King, who ran across the border from South Korea in July. North Korean state media said an investigation into King's "illegal" entry was complete. It is unclear when or how King will be deported. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Russian President Vladimir Putin and visited key military and technology sites.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a rare summit Wednesday that is raising concerns over a potential military deal between the two nations. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
Putin said Russia could help North Korea build and launch satellites and Kim backed Moscow's "anti-imperialist" efforts as both countries lock horns with the U.S.