North Korea

North Korea has successfully test-fired a new type of "Hwasong-17" intercontinental ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong Un guiding the test and vowing that any nuclear threats will be met with nuclear weapons, state-run media reported…

The leaders of Japan, the United States, South Korea and three other countries strongly condemned Friday North Korea's ballistic missile launch earlier in the day as they held an emergency meeting during an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two representatives of North Korean national airline Air Koryo, accusing them of facilitating Pyongyang's ballistic missile and other weapons development programs. The sanctions followed a…

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles off its west coast on Saturday, the South Korean military said, following a series of missile launches in recent days in protest against an extended U.S.-South Korea joint air exercise.…

The U.N. Security Council remained split Friday over how to deal with North Korea's continued launches of ballistic missiles, failing to overcome the gap among veto-wielding permanent members. The United States noted during a session that…

South Korea scrambled around 80 fighter jets after about 180 radar tracks of North Korean warplanes near the countries' eastern and western maritime borders were detected, South Korea's military said Friday, in the latest sign of escalating…

North Korea launched Friday two short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan, with the projectiles falling outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to the South Korean military and the Japanese government. There were…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that North Korea has completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test, as his country remains on alert for further provocations by Pyongyang. North Korea "seems to have completed its…

An excerpt from a new audiobook revealed that President Donald Trump shared classified letters from Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, with journalist Bob Woodward and seemed to acknowledge that they were sensitive material that he…

North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan early Friday, the Japanese government and South Korean military said, the latest in a series of missile tests that have heightened regional tensions. The missile,…