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# Pyongyang

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2023
# tensions
North Korea warns ‘offensive action’ over US-South Korea military drills
Animosity heightened in recent weeks as the pace of both the allies’ military exercises and the North Korean weapons demonstrations increased.
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Apr 6th 2023, 7:01 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea launches two missiles to sea, as US and South Korea hold military drills
South Korea’s military called the launches ‘a grave provocation’.
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Mar 14th 2023, 7:14 AM
# respiratory illness
North Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness', report says
Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay in their homes
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Jan 25th 2023, 9:47 AM
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2022
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan, Seoul's military says
It comes days after the country announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system.
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Dec 18th 2022, 7:16 AM
# tensions
North Korean missile may have had range to hit US mainland, Japan says
The intercontinental ballistic missile is believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone this morning.
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Nov 18th 2022, 7:05 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires warplanes and tests missiles in response to 'US escalation'
South Korea’s military said it had detected two short-range ballistic missiles launched from the North
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Oct 6th 2022, 1:16 PM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires tests ballistic missiles on eve of Kamala Harris trip
South Korea’s military said it had ‘detected two short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Sunan area in Pyongyang’.
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Sep 28th 2022, 9:49 PM
# Pyongyang
North Korea calls US and South Korean naval drills a provocation to war
Earlier this month, the North vowed never to give up its nuclear weapons.
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Sep 26th 2022, 8:37 PM
North Korea law allows for nuclear first strike, makes ownership of missiles 'irreversible'
‘The status of our country as a nuclear weapons state has become irreversible’, leader Kim Jong Un said.
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Sep 9th 2022, 7:44 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires eight ballistic missiles in 'unusual' exercise
The exercise represents the largest number of ballistic missiles North Korea has recently launched on a single day and occasion.
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Jun 5th 2022, 7:25 AM
# Coronavirus
Kim Jong Un criticises officials over spiralling North Korea Covid outbreak
The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.
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May 18th 2022, 7:15 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea reveals six deaths after admitting first Covid outbreak
Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.
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May 13th 2022, 7:20 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea orders national lockdown after confirming first Covid-19 cases
The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.
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May 12th 2022, 7:29 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires submarine-launched missile after US nuclear warning
The US State Department warned that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test “as early as next month”.
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May 7th 2022, 7:52 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires 'multiple rocket launchers', Seoul says
Four shots were fired into western waters during a span of an hour from 7.20am.
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Mar 20th 2022, 11:35 AM
# Missile Test
North Korea confirms 'most significant weapon test' in years
The reported flight details make it the most powerful missile North Korea has tested since 2017.
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Jan 31st 2022, 7:06 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires two suspected missiles in fourth launch this year
The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.
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Jan 17th 2022, 8:26 AM
# North Korea
North Korea says it test launched ballistic missiles from a train
South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
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Jan 15th 2022, 2:20 PM
# tensions
North Korea fires second suspected ballistic missile in less than a week
The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.
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Jan 11th 2022, 6:44 AM
# North Korea
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea
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.
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Jan 5th 2022, 6:38 AM
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# North Korea
North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea in latest weapons test
The launch came soon after the US pledged to resume diplomacy over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
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Oct 19th 2021, 6:49 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea launches suspected ballistic missiles into sea
US officials played it down as not a violation of UN resolutions.
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Mar 25th 2021, 8:12 AM
# Great Defector
North Korean defector goes undetected for hours after swimming to South
The man was caught only after apparently falling asleep.
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Feb 24th 2021, 7:17 AM
# at loggerheads
South Korean group launches thousands of anti-North leaflets across the border as tensions simmer
A propaganda war is fuelling the escalating tensions between the two countries.
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Jun 23rd 2020, 8:40 AM
# demilitarised zone
Multiple shots fired from North Korea at guard post across border, says South
The fire exchange took place a day after North Korea reported its leader Kim Jong Un’s first public appearance in some 20 days.
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May 3rd 2020, 7:37 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea accused of firing multiple short-range cruise missiles
South Korea said that the missiles were fired towards the sea.
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Apr 14th 2020, 7:26 AM
# Pyongyang
North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles in first launch for three months
The lack of testing activity in past months had experts wondering whether the North was holding back its weapons displays.
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Mar 2nd 2020, 8:16 AM
# North Korea
Kim Jong-un calls for ‘military counter-measures’ ahead of highly-anticipated New Year address
Kim spoke for seven hours during the ruling Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang.
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Dec 31st 2019, 12:32 PM
# weapons test
Trump warns Kim Jong Un had 'everything' to lose through hostility towards US
This comes as Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test.
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Dec 9th 2019, 7:15 AM
# Nuclear Threat
North Korea hails submarine launch of ballistic missile as 'a significant achievement'
North Korea and the United States are due to meet this weekend.
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Oct 3rd 2019, 2:37 PM
# Kim Jong-un
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks with US
Washington and Pyongyang are set to resume long-stalled talks in the coming days.
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Oct 2nd 2019, 8:35 AM
# Tense
North Korea rejects peace talks with South Korea over military drills
North Korea blamed blamed South Korea and US military exercises.
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Aug 16th 2019, 7:57 AM
# Pyongyang
'Very concerning': Fears for Australian man missing in North Korea
Alek Sigley has not been heard from since Tuesday.
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Jun 28th 2019, 3:52 PM
# tensions
Trump says Kim Jong Un 'will not break promise' after reports of North Korea missile launches
South Korea has said North Korea fired a number of projectiles into the sea.
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May 4th 2019, 3:35 PM
# russian talks
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for Putin summit
The talks will be Kim’s first face-to-face meeting with another head of state since his meeting with Trump.
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Apr 24th 2019, 10:49 AM
# rocket site
North Korea 'rebuilding' main satellite launch site, satellite photos show
The activity was recorded days after the summit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump.
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Mar 6th 2019, 7:06 AM
# North Korea
Kim Jong Un warns US against maintaining current sanctions in New Year's speech
The North Korean leader says the state might be compelled to explore a ‘new path’ of defense if US sanctions remain unchanged.
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Jan 1st 2019, 9:30 AM
# Pyongyang
Pompeo hails 'productive' talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang
The top US diplomat met with Kim for around two hours this morning in the North’s capital.
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Oct 7th 2018, 2:12 PM
# Pyongyang
Denuclearisation: US ready to begin negotiating with North Korea 'immediately'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited his North Korean counterpart to meet in New York next week.
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Sep 19th 2018, 10:30 PM
# Nuclear
US intelligence agencies find North Korea 'building new missiles'
Following the Singapore summit in June, President Donald Trump had declared that Pyongyang was “no longer a nuclear threat”.
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Jul 31st 2018, 8:18 AM
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