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North Korea missile launch
![North Korea Resumes Missile Tests, Raising Tensions With Rivals After Military Drills End North Korea Resumes Missile Tests, Raising Tensions With Rivals After Military Drills End](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-03-18-8.jpg)
North Korea Resumes Missile Tests, Raising Tensions With Rivals After Military Drills End
By Hyung-jin Kim and Mari Yamaguchi
The launches came after South Korean-U.S. military drills concluded and as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for a democracy summit.
![North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles After US Flies Bomber During Drills North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles After US Flies Bomber During Drills](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-30-162052.jpg)
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles After US Flies Bomber During Drills
By Hyung-jin Kim
Hours after the U.S. flew a B-1B bomber to the Korean Peninsula as part of field exercises with South Korea, the North launched two short-range ballistic missiles.
![North Korea Launches Cruise Missiles as US, South Korean Troops Begin Annual Drills North Korea Launches Cruise Missiles as US, South Korean Troops Begin Annual Drills](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-21-173454.jpg)
North Korea Launches Cruise Missiles as US, South Korean Troops Begin Annual Drills
By Hyung-jin Kim
Kim Jong Un reportedly observed the launch of strategic cruise missiles from a patrol vessel.
![North Korea is Preparing for a New Round of Weapons Tests, South Korean Spy Agency Says North Korea is Preparing for a New Round of Weapons Tests, South Korean Spy Agency Says](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-10-151827.jpg)
North Korea is Preparing for a New Round of Weapons Tests, South Korean Spy Agency Says
By Hyung-jin Kim
The National Intelligence Services aid it has detected unusually heavy activities at a North Korean facility that produces solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missiles and at another site related to liquid-fueled ICBMs.
![North Korea’s Ambassador Blames US for Regional Tensions in Rare UN Security Council Appearance North Korea’s Ambassador Blames US for Regional Tensions in Rare UN Security Council Appearance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-07-14-144544.jpg)
North Korea’s Ambassador Blames US for Regional Tensions in Rare UN Security Council Appearance
By Edith M. Lederer
Amb. Kim Song defended North Korea’s recent long-range missile test-flight as a legitimate exercise of the North's right to self-defense.
![North Korea Fires Its First ICBM in 3 Months North Korea Fires Its First ICBM in 3 Months](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-14-125549.jpg)
North Korea Fires Its First ICBM in 3 Months
By Hyung-jin Kim and Mari Yamaguchi
North Korea may have launched a Hwasong-18 ICBM, its most powerful nuclear-capable missile.
![Japan, US Pledge to Take All Possible Measures Against North Korea’s Missiles Japan, US Pledge to Take All Possible Measures Against North Korea’s Missiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-01-141334.jpg)
Japan, US Pledge to Take All Possible Measures Against North Korea’s Missiles
By Takahashi Kosuke
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s trip to Japan came one day after North Korea’s failed satellite launch.
![Japan Deploys PAC3 Interceptor System for North Korea Spy Satellite Launch Japan Deploys PAC3 Interceptor System for North Korea Spy Satellite Launch](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-26-153718.jpeg)
Japan Deploys PAC3 Interceptor System for North Korea Spy Satellite Launch
By Takahashi Kosuke
The deployment of additional missile defense systems is causing mixed reactions from Okinawans.
![North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-20-145533.jpg)
North Korea Says It Conducted Tactical Nuclear Attack Drill
By Mitch Shin
Three days after it launched an ICBM, North Korea conducted a nuclear counterattack simulation as a response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drills.
![Kim Jong Un Guides North Korean Missile Launch Kim Jong Un Guides North Korean Missile Launch](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-10-142156.jpg)
Kim Jong Un Guides North Korean Missile Launch
By Mitch Shin
Three days before the South Korea-U.S. combined military exercises kick off, North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its western coast.
![North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea, Seoul Says North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea, Seoul Says](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-06-143407.jpg)
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea, Seoul Says
By Kim Tong-hyung
The latest missile launch comes as South Korea and the U.S. prepare for large-scale military exercises, and President Yoon plans trips to both Tokyo and Washington next week.
![North Korea Says It Launched 4 Strategic Cruise Missiles North Korea Says It Launched 4 Strategic Cruise Missiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-01-14-135123.jpg)
North Korea Says It Launched 4 Strategic Cruise Missiles
By Mitch Shin
North Korea claims to have tested cruise missiles a day after the South Korea-U.S. tabletop drills.
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