North Korea Missile Launches ‘Provocation’: US, Japan, South Korea

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The top diplomats of Japan, South Korea, and the United States declared their unity against North Korea on Saturday after a series of ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang. After a day of meetings in Honolulu, US Secretary of State Antony … Read More

Japan, U.S. and South Korea reaffirm resolve on tackling security threats from North Korea

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The defense ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea affirmed on Thursday their intention to work together in dealing with North Korea, which continues to test missiles. In telephone talks that lasted about 35 minutes, Defense Minister Nobuo … Read More

N.Korea boasts of ‘shaking the world’ by testing missiles that can strike US

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SEOUL, Feb 8 (Reuters) – North Korea boasted on Tuesday that it is one of only a handful of countries in the world to field nuclear weapons and advanced missiles and the only one standing up to the United States … Read More

Biden administration must rejig its North Korea strategy

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The US preoccupation with sanctions and its rhetoric of protecting its credibility with its regional allies seem rigid and dated The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting this Friday to discuss North Korea’s seven missile tests in … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 28 January 2022

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Greetings from Tyler, You’ve no doubt encountered word this week of police ambushes.  They have to be very wary of responding to a domestic dispute or pulling a car over.  It’s heartbreaking that officers of the law are being murdered, … Read More

North Korea conducts what could be its 6th missile test this month, South Korea says

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)North Korea fired what are presumed to be two short-range ballistic missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday — a move believed to be its sixth missile test this month, the … Read More

Explainer: Minds behind the missiles: N. Korea’s secretive weapons developers

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SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque … Read More

South Korea’s Moon promises final push for North Korea peace

SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday (Jan 3) to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite public silence from Pyongyang over his attempts for a declaration of peace … Read More

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls for more ‘military muscle’ after watching hypersonic missile test

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for boosting the country’s strategic military forces as he observed the test of a hypersonic missile, state media said on Wednesday (Jan 12), officially attending a missile launch for the first time … Read More

North Korea launches second suspected ballistic missile in a week

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North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea’s military said Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing what it said was a hypersonic missile. The early-morning launch came as the United … Read More

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