The Korean government on Wednesday concluded that it was highly likely that Iranian-made anti-ship missiles struck the container ship HMM Namu near the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month.
North Korea confirmed Wednesday it had test-fired two new weapons systems — a lightweight multipurpose missile launch system and multiple AI-guided tactical cruise missiles.
The weapon used to attack the Korean-operated cargo ship HMM Namu near the Strait of Hormuz on May 4 was a missile, not a drone, a ruling party official told the JoongAng Ilbo on Tuesday.
North Korea fired multiple close-range ballistic missiles (CRBM) and rockets toward the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, amid speculation that Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit North Korea soon.
North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Korea on Friday finalized a plan to acquire U.S. Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) shipborne missile interceptors by 2034, in a bid to boost its missile defense capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said.
North Korea appears to have conducted a rocket engine test at its Sohae space launch complex in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, last week, NK News reported Tuesday.
Korea's Foreign Ministry on Thursday assessed Iran as the most likely actor behind the May 4 attack on the HMM Namu, a vessel operated by Korean shipping company HMM, marking the government's clearest attribution to date.
United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson said the U.S. military's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system “still remains on the [Korean] Peninsula."
North Korea test-fired the Hwasong-11 Ra missile fitted with cluster munitions and fragmentation mine warheads, representing Pyongyang's push to strengthen its kind of so-called asymmetric weapons.
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