# north-korea - Monday 17 January, 2022
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.
# north-korea - Saturday 15 January, 2022
# The Fix
# The Fix
Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.
# North Korea
# North Korea
South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
# north-korea - Tuesday 11 January, 2022
# Tensions
# Tensions
The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.
# north-korea - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch followed a speech by Kim Jong Un last week in which he said North Korea would continue to build up its military capabilities.
# north-korea - Sunday 2 January, 2022
# North Korea
# North Korea
More than 30,000 people have fled to South Korea in the decades since the Korean War, but crossings to the North are rare.
# north-korea - Monday 25 October, 2021
# South Korea
# South Korea
Moon Jae-in said he will continue to push for peace through dialogue and diplomacy.
# north-korea - Sunday 24 October, 2021
# North Korea
# North Korea
Last Tuesday, North Korea fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine.
# north-korea - Tuesday 19 October, 2021
# North Korea
# North Korea
The launch came soon after the US pledged to resume diplomacy over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
# north-korea - Monday 11 October, 2021
Kim Jong Un called for improved living conditions in a speech on the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
# north-korea - Sunday 3 October, 2021
# Tensions
# Tensions
Pyongyang resumed missile tests in September after a six-month hiatus.
# north-korea - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# Missile Launch
# Missile Launch
The Korean Central News Agency said the missile met key technical requirements set out by defence scientists.
# north-korea - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Nuclear
# Nuclear
It is the latest in a series of mixed messages from Pyongyang, coming days after the rogue state dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit.
# north-korea - Saturday 18 September, 2021
# Yongbyon
# Yongbyon
North Korea calls the complex “the heart” of its nuclear programme.
# north-korea - Wednesday 15 September, 2021
# Tensions
# Tensions
Kim Yo Jong criticised the South Korean president for describing North Korea n weapons demonstrations as a provocation.
# north-korea - Monday 30 August, 2021
# Plutonium
# Plutonium
The reactor referred to in a report produces plutonium, one of the two key ingredients used to build nuclear weapons.
# north-korea - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# UNSC
# UNSC
Diplomats said yesterday that France, Estonia, Ireland, Norway and Britain asked for a closed-door meeting of the council to be held on Tuesday.
# north-korea - Friday 26 March, 2021
# Missile Launch
# Missile Launch
Pyongyang is pushing to bolster the country’s military power.
# north-korea - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
US officials played it down as not a violation of UN resolutions.
# north-korea - Sunday 21 March, 2021
# Cut Ties
# Cut Ties
Malaysia gave North Korea n diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.
# north-korea - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# North Korea
# North Korea
Kim Yo Jong warned Washington against further provocations if it wants a ‘good night’s sleep for the next four years’.
# north-korea - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Hackers
# Hackers
Federal prosecutors said the hacks include an attack targeting an American movie studio and an extortion scheme.
# north-korea - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# Parade
# Parade
The state is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.
# north-korea - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Rome
# Rome
If confirmed, Jo Song Gil would be the highest-level North Korea n official to defect since the 1990s.
# north-korea - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
South Korea denied the North’s accusation.
# north-korea - Friday 25 September, 2020
# Tensions
# Tensions
The official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korea n soldiers.
# north-korea - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
Pyongyang claims testing has shown the person is “suspected to be infected”.
# north-korea - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# At Loggerheads
# At Loggerheads
A propaganda war is fuelling the escalating tensions between the two countries.
# north-korea - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Rising Tensions
# Rising Tensions
Tensions on the peninsula have heightened in recent weeks.
# north-korea - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Demilitarised Zones
# Demilitarised Zones
North Korea ’s military has recently threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarised under inter-Korean peace agreements.
# north-korea - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Korean Peninsula
# Korean Peninsula
Defectors have sent leaflets to the North by balloon and bottle criticising Kim Jong Un over his weapons programmes and human rights abuses.
# north-korea - Sunday 3 May, 2020
# Demilitarised Zone
# Demilitarised Zone
The fire exchange took place a day after North Korea reported its leader Kim Jong Un’s first public appearance in some 20 days.
# north-korea - Saturday 2 May, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials.
# north-korea - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
There has been speculation over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary last week.
# north-korea - Sunday 26 April, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
Speculation has been rife since the leader skipped the April 15 commemoration of the 108th birthday of his grandfather.
# north-korea - Tuesday 21 April, 2020
# Speculation
# Speculation
CNN cited a US official saying that Washington was “monitoring intelligence” on the matter.
# north-korea - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
South Korea said that the missiles were fired towards the sea.
# north-korea - Sunday 22 March, 2020
This comes as a hiatus in disarmament talks between the two nations drags on.
# north-korea - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Pyongyang
# Pyongyang
The lack of testing activity in past months had experts wondering whether the North was holding back its weapons displays.
# north-korea - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
# North Korea
# North Korea
The US was swift to respond, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging Kim to “take a different course”.
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