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Fireworks based on North Korea's 'monster ICBM' on sale at Pyongyang toy store

Fireworks modeled after North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Hwasong-17” were seen at a store in Pyongyang. This comes the wife of leader Kim Jong-un was spotted wearing a necklace with a pendant in the shape of an ICBM.

2024.5.20

North Korea test-fires a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile from Pyongyang International Airport on Nov. 18, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Nov. 19. [YONHAP]

North designates Nov. 18 as 'Missile Industry Day'

North Korea has designated Nov. 18 as "Missile Industry Day" to commemorate the successful test launch of the regime's Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 2022, Pyongyang's state media said Sunday.

2023.11.5

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A Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile is seen in this photo of a nighttime military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang on Thursday that was later released by the North's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on Friday. [YONHAP]

North flaunts drones, ICBMS to Russian and Chinese officials at parade

Russia’s defense minister and a Chinese Politburo member were North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s guests of honor at a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang on Thursday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

2023.7.28

In this photo published by the Workers' Party-controlled newspaper Rodong Sinmun, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, guides a Russian military delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu through an exhibition of the North's latest weapons on Wednesday. A camouflage-painted Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile can be seen in the far background. [NEWS1]

Kim shows off North's arsenal to Russian defense chief

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showcased his regime's latest missiles and drones to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is visiting Pyongyang to attend commemorations of the armistice that concluded the 1950-53 Korean War.

2023.7.27

Two U.S. B-1B strategic bombers fly in the center of a formation alongside South Korean F-35A stealth fighters (above) and U.S. F-16 fighters (below) during a joint air force drill in tge skies above the Korean Peninsula on Sunday after the North launched a suspected short-range ballistic missile. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

North fires missile into East Sea ahead of UN meeting

North Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed in the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday, ahead of a scheduled United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Monday to discuss the North's missile launches.

2023.3.19

North Korea's Kim Jong-un watches as its military test-fires a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, according to its state media Friday. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

North Korea test-fired Hwasong-17 ICBM guided by Kim Jong-un: state media

North Korea said Friday it test-fired a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the previous day guided by leader Kim Jong-un in protest against ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises.

2023.3.17

Although the 2020 Defense White Paper (left) makes only a vague reference to 'forces that threaten our territory, people and property' as South Korea's 'enemy,' the 2022 Defense White Paper (right) that was released on Thursday explicitly uses that term to refer to the North Korean regime and military. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

South Korea's 2022 Defense White Paper calls North an 'enemy'

South Korea’s defense ministry refers to the North Korean regime and military as the “enemy” in its latest policy document, marking the return of the label after six years of failed rapprochement and escalating illegal weapons testing by Pyongyang.

2023.2.16

One of the new stamp designs released by Pyongyang's Korea Stamp Corp. on its website Tuesday features North Korean leader Kim Jong-un walking hand in hand with his daughter Kim Ju-ae in front of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile on a mobile launcher. [YONHAP]

New stamps show Kim, his daughter and a missile

North Korea on Tuesday unveiled a new postal stamp series featuring the daughter of the North's leader Kim Jong-un for the first time.

2023.2.14

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's Kim returns after 40-day absence for military meeting

North Korea's ruling Workers' Party convened a meeting of its Central Military Commission to "perfect" its readiness for war, Pyongyang's state media reported Tuesday.

2023.2.7