The United States on Friday called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to hold North Korea accountable for its recent provocative actions that included the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield also stressed the importance of fully implementing the existing UNSC sanctions on the recalcitrant country. "Over the last week and a half the DPR...

North Korea will surely "pay a price" for its escalating provocations, South Korea's top military officer said Friday, labeling a series of recent missile launches a "grave" threat to regional security as he held talks with the US air force commander. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Kim Seung-kyum and US Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach held talks in Seoul earlier in ...

US Air Force to dispatch B-1B Lancer bomber to S.Korea

North Korea fired another missile towards the East Sea late Thursday, continuing the series of launches that began Wednesday. According to Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pyongyang fired a missile of as yet undetermined specifications towards the East Sea. Earlier in the day Pyongyang fired three projectiles from two separate locations. One of the projectiles launched earlier in the day was an i...

It has been estimated that the string of missile launches carried out on Wednesday could have cost North Korea as much as $75 million. According to Radio Free Asia, Bruce Bennett of RAND Corporation estimated that each launch would have cost Pyongyang between $2 million and $3 million. With South Korea having detected 25 missiles throughout the day, the cost of Pyongyang’s barrage would range fr...

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The United States condemns North Korea's firing of a missile that landed below the de facto maritime border with South Korea, a state department spokesperson said Wednesday. The spokesperson also said the U.S. will continue to work with South Korea and other allies to limit North Korea from further advancing its weapons programs. "The United States condemns the DPRK's ballistic missile launches...

North Korea has fired six additional missiles late Wednesday afternoon, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. According to the JCS, six projectiles including surface-to-air missiles were fired from two locations into the East and the West seas between 4:30 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. The latest missiles were launched from Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province on North Korea’s west coast, and Onchon, South Pyonga...

North Korea's latest firing of more than 10 ballistic missiles, one of which landed south of the de facto maritime border for the first time, reflects the regime's confidence in its military capabilities and its determination to cement its status as a nuclear-armed state, Seoul-based experts said on Wednesday. The short-range ballistic missile that crossed the Northern Limit Line fell into the h...

Seoul lambastes North Korea for 1st ballistic missile launch over NLL

WASHINGTON -- North Korea on Wednesday said the US and South Korea will pay a terrible price should they decide to attack the North, arguing the allies' ongoing joint military drills are aimed at preparing for a potential invasion. Pak Jong-chon, secretary of the Central Committee of the North's ruling Workers' Party, also called on Seoul and Washington to halt what he claimed to be military pro...

North Korea launched at least three short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, one of which flew across its de facto maritime border with South Korea, according to the South's military. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firing from a site in or around the North's eastern coastal city of Wonsan was detected at around 8:51 a.m. The North's latest provocation came in a...

North Korea warned Tuesday that it could stage "more powerful follow-up measures" if the United States continues "military provocations," citing its large-scale combined air exercise with South Korea. A spokesman at the North's foreign ministry denounced the ongoing combined air drills by the allies, called Vigilant Storm, as "ceaseless and reckless" military provocations. The exercise is "a wa...

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles off the east coast on Friday, hours after the Biden administration warned of toppling the Kim Jong-un regime should it launch nuclear attacks against the United States and its allies in its unveiled nuclear strategy. The South Korean military “detected two short-range ballistic missiles being fired from the area of Tongchon County in Kangwon Province towa...

US defense report says China, Russia and North Korea pose major security challenges, vows to strengthen deterrence measures with allies