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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversees a ground test of a high-thrust solid-fuel missile engine using a composite carbon fiber material in this photo provided by Rodong Sinmun on March 29. [NEWS1]

North's missile engine test suggests efforts to develop MIRV tech, strengthen ability to strike U.S.

North Korea tested a new missile engine, indicating efforts to develop multiple-warhead capabilities and strengthen its nuclear strike potential against the U.S., according to state media reports from Kim Jong-un's inspection.

2026.3.29

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at the second day of the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang on March 23 in this photo carried by the Korean Central News Agency on March 24. [YONHAP]

North's Kim Jong-un formally calls South Korea the 'most hostile state'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un formally called South Korea the “most hostile state” and warned of merciless consequences if provoked, the North's state media reported on Tuesday.

2026.3.24

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, oversees an unmanned aerial vehicle, dubbed ″Saetbyol-9,″ in a footage disclosed by the regime-controlled Korean Central Television on January 2024. [KOREAN CENTRAL TELEVISION/YONHAP]

Pyongyang showcases new weapons, but Seoul questions their readiness

North Korea appears to have been spurring its efforts to bolster conventional military and nuclear capabilities under instructions from regime leader Kim Jong-un, according to recent assessments from the South Korean military.

2026.3.7

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at a military parade held in Pyongyang on Feb. 25 to mark the closing of the Ninth Workers’ Party Congress in this photo carried by the Rodong Sinmun on Feb. 26. [NEWS1]

North Korea appears on edge in response to U.S.-Israeli strikes eliminating Iran's leadership

Strikes that took out Iran's top leadership by the United States and Israel have put North Korea on edge, drawing a sharply worded condemnation that reflected Pyongyang’s deep unease about the reach of U.S. military power.

2026.3.2

Christopher Yeaw, center, arrives to a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be an assistant Secretary of State on Nov. 19, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. sheds light on its allegation of Chinese nuclear test and urges nations to push for disarmament

A U.S. official focusing on arms control on Monday provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago and urged countries to press China and Russia to do more on nuclear disarmament.

2026.2.24

Military vehicles carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles DF-31AG travel past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China, on Oct. 1, 2019. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

China likely loaded more than 100 ICBMs in silo fields, Pentagon report says

China is likely to have loaded more than 100 ICBMs across its latest three silo fields and has no desire for arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report which highlighted Beijing's growing military ambitions.

2025.12.23

The 13th session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sept. 20 and 21, the Rodong Sinmun reported on Sept. 22. Leader Kim Jong-un makes a speech at the session in this photo provided by North Korea's state-run newspaper. [RODONG SINMUN]

South Korea's Lee willing to accept nuclear freeze by North as 'interim measure'

President Lee Jae Myung said Monday he could accept a freeze on Pyongang's nuclear program as an "interim emergency measure,” even as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared that denuclearization will "never, ever" happen.

2025.9.22

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, accompanied from left Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, stands for a group photo during the Indo-Pacific Quad meeting at the State Department in Washington on July 1. [AP/YONHAP]

North Korea bristles at Quad statement that demands Pyongyang's denuclearization

North Korea lashed out at a recent statement by the United States, Australia, Japan and India that demands the North's complete denuclearization, accusing the Quad security grouping of committing a "coercive" act to change Pyongyang's stance.

2025.7.4

The USS Kentucky, a U.S. nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine, is docked at a naval base in Busan on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Pyongyang will face doom if it uses nukes, Seoul warns

North Korea would face an end if it decides to use its nuclear arms against the South-U.S. alliance, South Korea warned Friday. The warning comes a day after North Korea's Defense Minister Kang Sung-nam released a statement criticizing the...

2023.7.21

An ″underwater nuclear attack drone″ detonates off the coast of Hongwon Bay in South Hamgyong Province on Thursday in this photo released by Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday. [YONHAP]

North tests ‘underwater nuclear attack drone’

North Korea's state media said Friday that the regime conducted a test of an “underwater nuclear attack drone” as well as four cruise missile launches earlier this week that were overseen by leader Kim Jong-un.

2023.3.24