North Korea

Kim has ignored US calls to get back to stalled nuclear disarmament talks and fired off ballistic missiles in defiance of United Nations Security Council ...

Japanese government warned citizens to take cover as the missile appeared to have flown over territory before falling into the Pacific Ocean.

Launch is the first time the North has apparently sent a missile over Japanese territory since 2017.

Residents of two northern Japanese regions were told to take shelter during North Korea's first missile launch over Japan in five years.

The missile prompted Japanese authorities to urge residents in Tokyo to take shelter.

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The Japanese prime minister's office said at least one missile fired from North Korea flew over Japan and was believed to have landed in the Pacific Ocean.

The launch is the latest weapons test by North Korea in an apparent response to military drills between South Korea and the United States.

The Japanese government warned citizens to take cover as the missile appeared to have flown over and past its territory before falling into the Pacific ...

The test is the first time North Korea has fired a missile over Japan in five years and comes after a flurry of recent missile launches by Pyongyang.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Tuesday fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, its neighbors said, escalating tests of weapons ...

Pyongyang's fifth test in 10 days comes after South Korea and the United States hold military drills.

Shares of South Korean and Japanese defense firms rose sharply in Asia's session after the North launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japanese ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years, forcing Japan to issue evacuat...

Kim Dong-yub, a professor at Seoul’s University of North Korean Studies, said North Korea could have tested the Hwasong-12 again or even an intercontinental ballistic missile, closer to what would be a normal ballistic trajectory but shorter than its full range. mainland and its allies with a host of nuclear-tipped missiles of varying range. Hamada said it landed in the Pacific, about 3,200 kilometers (1,990 miles) off the northern Japanese coast and that there have been no reports of damage to Japanese aircraft and ships. Each new test pushes them closer to being able to reach the U.S. Before Tuesday’s launch, the 3,700-kilometer (2,300 miles)-long flight of Hwasong-12 in 2017 was North Korea’s longest. North Korea last test-fired a Hwasong-12 missile in January. Those missiles are capable of hitting targets in South Korea. If Tuesday’s launch involves a long-range missile, that could be a test of a weapon targeting the U.S. The launch was the most provocative weapons demonstration by North Korea this year as it ramps up missile tests to build a full-fledged nuclear arsenal that viably threatens U.S. It warned the North’s repeated missile launches would only deepen its international isolation and prompt Seoul and Washington to bolster their deterrence capacities. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier said the missile had an intermediate range, while Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said it was believed to have an intermediate range or longer. In Sapporo city, the prefectural capital of Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, subways were also temporarily suspended, with stations packed with morning commuters.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday conducted its longest-ever weapons test, a nuclear-capable ballistic missile that flew over Japan and...