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South Korea offering large-scale aid package for North's nukes
The proposal comes days after the North threatened to "wipe out" Seoul authorities over a recent Covid-19 outbreak and less than a month after leader Kim Jong...
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N Korea declares 'victory' over COVID, says Kim had fever
Kim's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, said the top leader himself had been ill during the outbreak, according to another KCNA report.
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S. Korea, US fire ballistic missiles in response to N. Korea tests
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the allies launched the ground-to-ground Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile at targets in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, in the early morning.
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North Korea poised to conduct nuclear test with Biden due in Seoul
Touted as proof of the US "pivot" to Asia, Biden's first trip as president to the region looks set to be overshadowed by an increasingly belligerent North Korea bent on staging a new "provocation".
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UN warns that North Korea's COVID-19 response could have 'dire consequenses'
Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered nationwide lockdowns to try and slow the spread of the disease through the country's unvaccinated population, and deployed the military after what he has called a botched response to the outbreak.
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Kim Jong Un slams North Korea pandemic response, deploys army
More than a million people have been sickened by what Pyongyang is referring to as "fever", state media said, despite leader Kim ordering nationwide lockdowns in a bid to slow the spread of disease through the unvaccinated population.
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North Korea reports first COVID cases, Kim orders national lockdown
The nuclear-armed country had never admitted to a case of COVID-19 and the government had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
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North Korea fires ballistic missile in latest show of force
Pyongyang has conducted 14 weapons tests since January, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full-range for the first time since 2017.
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At military parade, Kim vows to boost North Korea's nuclear arsenal
Despite biting sanctions, North Korea has doubled down on Kim's military modernisation drive, test-firing a slew of banned weapons this year while ignoring US offers of talks - as analysts warn of a likely resumption of nuclear tests.
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Kim's sister says North Korea nukes could 'eliminate' South
Kim Yo Jong's warning, carried in state media, was her second angry retort in three days to comments made by South Korea's defence chief Suh Wook last week.
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South says North Korea faked launch of so-called 'monster' missile
North Korea last Friday claimed to have successfully test-fired a Hwasong-17 missile - a long-range ICBM that analysts say may be capable of carrying multiple warheads - which it first unveiled at a military parade in 2020.
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US 'strongly condemns' North Korea missile launch
Pyongyang has launched nearly a dozen weapon tests this year in an unprecedented spree in defiance of UN sanctions and the latest is the most powerful one since 2017.
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US says North Korea testing new ICBM system
According to North Korea, the 26 February and 4 March tests were focused on developing a reconnaissance satellite, but the Pentagon said rigorous analysis concluded they were actually experimental precursors to a likely full-range ICBM launch.
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North Korea fires ballistic missile, restarting weapons tests blitz
North Korea fired a ballistic missile, Seoul said, resuming a weapons-testing blitz following a month of relative calm during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Biden battles accusations of 'weakness' against US rivals
The Republican opposition, including its moderate fringe, have reproached Biden for ruling out preemptive sanctions against Moscow to discourage an attack on Ukraine.
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North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017
Pyongyang has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon a nearly five-year-long self-imposed moratorium on testing long-range and nuclear weapons, blaming US 'hostile' policy for forcing its hand.
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North Korea's Kim urges more 'military muscle' after hypersonic missile test
Hypersonic missiles are listed among the "top priority" tasks for strategic weapons development in North Korea's five-year plan.
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North Korea fires second suspected 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 of what Pyongyang called a hypersonic missile, although Seoul has cast doubt on that claim.
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UN Security Council to meet Monday on North Korean missile launch
The meeting was requested by the United States, France and the United Kingdom - three of the five permanent members on the Security Council - as well as Ireland and Albania, the sources said Thursday.
