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Photos released by the North's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of the Chollima satellite launch vehicle on Thursday, left, and of the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on Feb. 19 show the two rockets share apparently similar liquid-fuel propulsion engines, but different payload dimensions. [YONHAP]

Remains of launch vehicle may shed light on North’s new technology

South Korean military forces are working to salvage the remains of the North Korean satellite launch vehicle (SLV) that crashed into the sea shortly after launch in the hopes of gaining insight into the North's missile and reconnaissance technology.

2023.6.2

[Editorial] Useless firing of an ICBM by North (KOR)

Our Ministry of National Defense must carry out its planned exercises as scheduled without being shaken by the North’s threats. Whether it be a nuclear bomb, missile or spy balloon, our military must strengthen defense posture.

2023.2.20

[Editorial] Useless firing of an ICBM by North

2023.2.19

In footage broadcast by the North's state-controlled Korean Central Television, a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched from a transporter erector launcher at Sunan Airport in Pyongyang on Saturday. [YONHAP]

North conducts 'surprise launching drill' of ICBM, vows tit-for-tat responses to South

North Korea conducted a “surprise launching drill” of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and vowed heightened tit-for-tat responses to deterrence measures by South Korea and the United States, state media reported Sunday.

2023.2.19

A photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows a vehicle carrying a mock-up of a solid-fuel intercontinental missile under development at a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang on Wednesday evening. [YONHAP]

North displays enough ICBM launchers to defeat U.S. missile defense

North Korea displayed the largest number of its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a nighttime military parade on Wednesday, as well as mock-ups of a new solid-fuel missile under development, state media photos showed Thursday.

2023.2.9

North to display key weapons at parade Wednesday

North Korea is likely to display upgraded short-range ballistic missiles it has been aggressively testing, and possibly a solid-fuel version of its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile, at a military parade expected for Wednesday.

2023.2.6

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched from Pyongyang International Airport on Thursday in a photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Friday. The North claimed the missile was the newer Hwasong-17 but U.S. and South Korean officials have suggested it was the older Hwasong-15. [KCNA]

North may have tried switcheroo in ICBM test

A U.S. official said North Korea may have tested a modified version of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last Thursday, echoing the views of South Korean officials that the missile in question was not the newer Hwasong-17.

2022.3.29

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, walks forward in what appears to be a staged photo-op released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on the occasion of the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday. Kim is flanked on his right by Jang Chang-ha, chief of the North's National Academy of Defense Science, and Kim Jong-sik, chief of the Workers' Party Military Industry Department on his left. [YONHAP]

North's latest ICBM launch may be a Hwasong-15 in disguise

U.S. and South Korean intelligence believe the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched by North Korea Thursday was actually a Hwasong-15 missile disguised to look like the newer, larger Hwasong-17, according to military sources in Seoul.

2022.3.27

A new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) paraded on an 22-wheeled transporter erector launcher during a military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Saturday, the 75th anniversary of the North's ruling Workers' Party. [NEWS1]

North Korea unveils huge new ICBM at military parade

North Korea unveiled an array of new weapons at a monumental military parade carried out in the dead of night on Saturday — among them novel forms of ballistic missiles capable of being launched from a submarine and across the Pacific Ocean.

2020.10.11

North Korean missiles displayed at a military parade in Feb. 8, 2018, on the 70th anniversary of the country's armed forces. [YONHAP]

Speculations mount that North may reveal new weapon during parade

With preparations underway in North Korea for a massive military parade next week, speculation is mounting on whether the regime will unveil a new strategic weapon it has warned about in the past.

2020.10.4

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