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North Korea pursues nuclear weapons program, evades sanctions: UN
Seoul: North Korea is pressing ahead with its nuclear weapons program while evading sanctions, a United Nations report said, following a series of recent...
North Korea fires missiles, rejects further talks with South
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles into the sea on Friday and launched a scathing attack on "foolish" calls for...
US approves $800 million in helicopters for South Korea
The US government has approved the sale of $800 million worth of helicopters to South Korea, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, hours after President Donald...
North Korea stole $2bn for weapons from cyberattacks: UN report
North Korea has stolen up to $2 billion from banks and cryptocurrency exchanges through cyberattacks to fund its nuclear missiles program, according to a...
North Korea says missile launches were ‘solemn warning’ to South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of "a new type of tactical guided weapon" as a "solemn warning" to the South,...
China ‘compressing’ technology gains: US intel official
WASHINGTON: China is making technological advances in a far shorter timeframe than it took the United States, rapidly narrowing the gap between the two...
North Korea May Have Tested New Long-Range Artillery
SEOUL: North Korea's newly developed tactical weapon is thought to be a long-range artillery piece, a government source in Seoul said Friday, hours after...
Moon’s nuclear diplomacy a ‘dangerous gamble’: analysts
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has embarked on a "dangerous gamble", analysts said, after he secured only minimal concessions from Kim Jong Un to...
North Korea still ‘serious and imminent threat’: Japan
North Korea still poses a "serious and imminent threat", Japan said Tuesday in its first annual defence review since an outbreak of diplomacy on...
Scrapped drill with South Korea would have cost $14 mn: Pentagon
When President Donald Trump announced the US would halt joint military drills with South Korea, he backed his controversial move by citing the "tremendous"...
