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Inter-Korean tensions soar to new heights [REWIND 2023]

Inter-Korean tensions showed no signs of abating in 2023 as the North tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in April, followed by its first successful launch of a military spy satellite into orbit in November.

2023.12.24

North Korean test-fires a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 12 in a photo carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. Pyongyang launched another ICBM on Monday, its fifth this year. [YONHAP]

North fires ICBM into sea amid worsening war of words

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Monday, a move immediately condemned by South Korea, the United States and Japan.

2023.12.18

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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

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

Aegis-equipped destroyers ROKS Yulgok Yi I, left, USS John Finn, center, and JS Maya, right, take part in a trilateral missile defense exercise by South Korean, U.S. and Japanese naval forces in the East Sea on Sunday. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY]

Competing drills in East Sea reflect growing bloc rivalry

The waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula appear increasingly crowded with dueling military drills that highlight the hardening divide between the United States and its regional allies on one side, and China and Russia on the other.

2023.7.17

The launch of a North Korean Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday is captured in this overhead photo released by Pyongyang’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Kim Jong-un threatens continued 'offensive' after ICBM launch

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of a Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, vowing his regime would continue its “military offensive” until South Korea and the United States admit “defeat.”

2023.7.13

A North Korean Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile is seen taking off in this photo released by the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on Thursday. [YONHAP]

North Korea says it fired latest Hwasong-18 ICBM

2023.7.13

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

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

In a photo released Sunday by Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un walks with his daughter during a commemorative photo session celebrating the North’s successful launch of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). [YONHAP]

To celebrate ICBM, North pins a medal on a launch platform

North Korea celebrated its successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Nov. 18 by promoting key figures in its missile program — and, bizarrely, by bestowing an honor on the launch platform used to fire the missile.

2022.11.27