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The Korean Central News Agency reports on Oct. 23 that North Korea’s Missile General Bureau successfully conducted a test of a weapons system on Oct. 22. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

North confirms test-firing of 'important weapon' days before APEC meeting

North Korea said Thursday it test-fired what it called "an important weapon system,” apparently referring to a hypersonic missile launched a day earlier. The North did not specify the exact model or technical details of the weapon.

2025.10.23

In this photo released on Monday by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency, North Korea launches a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile the previous day. [YONHAP]

North says it launched IRBM carrying hypersonic warhead

North Korea said Monday it successfully tested a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) bearing a hypersonic warhead the previous day.

2024.1.15

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A photo of North Korea's hypersonic missile launch in Chagang Province on Jan. 5 was released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Thursday. [YONHAP]

North's launches this week confirmed to be cruise, tactical guided missiles

North Korea's state media on Friday confirmed that the missile launches on Tuesday and Thursday tested long-range cruise missiles and surface-to-surface tactical guided missiles.

2022.1.28

North Korea test-fires a hypersonic missile on Tuesday, as seen in a photo released by its official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Wednesday. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Friday berated the United States for imposing fresh sanctions over its latest missile tests, warning of a “stronger” reaction. It later launched two short-range missiles. [KCNA]

North warns of upping the ante after latest U.S. sanctions

North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Friday afternoon, said South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

2022.1.14

North Korea successfully tested a hypersonic missile at daybreak Tuesday from Jagang Province, according to its official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Wednesday. [KCNA]

North crows about hypersonic 'glide vehicle'

North Korea said it successfully conducted a "final" test of a new hypersonic glide vehicle under the watch of leader Kim Jong-un, his first attendance of a launch in nearly two years.

2022.1.12

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, center, issues a statement with ambassadors of five other countries condemning North Korea’s missile launch in New York Monday. [UNITED NATIONS WEB TV]

North launches missile as world reacts to last week's

North Korea launched another missile, possibly ballistic, into the East Sea Tuesday morning, the second launch in less than a week. The South Korean military detected the launch of a projectile at 7:27 a.m.

2022.1.11

A photo of North Korea's hypersonic missile launch in Chagang Province on Wednesday was released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Thursday. [YONHAP]

North's first missile test of 2022 was hypersonic

The projectile North Korea fired on Wednesday morning was a hypersonic missile that successfully hit its target, according to the regime's state news agency.

2022.1.6

A photo of the Tuesday launch of Hwasong-8, North Korea's new hypersonic missile, released by Rodong Shinmun, the ruling Workers' Party's official newspaper, on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

[THINK ENGLISH] 북, 전략무기 극초음속 미사일 공개

North Korea said Wednesday that the missile it tested the day before was a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8. "On the afternoon of Sept. 28, the Academy of National Defense Science conducted a test launch of the newly developed Hwasong-8...

2021.10.5

North's Hwasong-8 is a new hypersonic missile

North Korea said Wednesday that the missile it tested the day before was a new hypersonic missile called Hwasong-8.

2021.9.29