North Korea

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.

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

(1st UPDATE) The missile is the first to fly over or past Japan from North Korea since 2017.

SEOUL: North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile on Tuesday which flew over Japan, Seoul and Tokyo said, a significant escalation as Pyongyang ramps ...

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

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover ...

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover ...

Japan urged residents to take shelter early Tuesday morning after North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile over the north of the country in an ...

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 ...

Some Japanese woke up to the sound of sirens and a warning to take cover as the missile flew overhead.

As the missile flew overhead, they were warned to look out for falling debris. On Saturday, two rockets came down in waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone. Such drills have long antagonised Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un, who views them as proof that his enemies are preparing for war. The South Korean joint chiefs of staff said four aircraft from each side had taken part in the exercise, firing at a mock target on an uninhabited island in the Yellow Sea. Most countries avoid doing it completely as it can easily be mistaken for an attack. Please evacuate into buildings or underground."

North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate its missile alert system and issue a ...

Advocacy for North Korean human rights has lost momentum recently. However, new appointments related to North Korean human rights at the United Nations and ...

Officials in Seoul and Tokyo said the missile was launched from North Korea's Jagang province early on Tuesday and fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, ...

A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is seen at the Seoul ...

South Korea’s spy agency last week told lawmakers a seventh nuclear test, should it materialize, would most likely fall between October 16 – the first day of China’s National Congress of the Communist Party – and November 8, the U.S. A return to nuclear testing also remains a strong possibility. The fifth test in 10 days follows a major joint naval exercise between the U.S. That missile was estimated to have a range capable of putting Guam within reach. Tensions have been on the rise on the Korean peninsula in recent days, with Tuesday’s launch upping the ante from the short-range ballistic missiles Pyongyang had fired on September 25, 28, 29 and October 1. described as “dangerous and reckless” and shows North Korea’s “blatant disregard for United Nations Security Council resolutions and international safety norms” on Tuesday.

The United States asked the U.N. Security Council to meet on North Korea on Wednesday after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan, but diplomats ...

TOKYO: Japanese and US military planes carried out a joint drill Tuesday in response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch, Japanese officials said.

"As the security environment surrounding Japan grows increasingly severe, including North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile that flew over Japan, the Self-Defense Forces and the US military conducted a joint exercise," the Joint Staff said in a statement. The ballistic missile launch early on Tuesday was the first time a North Korean missile has been fired over Japan in five years. Japan's Joint Staff said eight Japanese and four US fighter jets took part in the drill in airspace west of the country's Kyushu region.

An F-15K fighter jet “fired two JADAM precision bombs in response” to North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile launch, Yonhap News reported, citing a ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. 2017 when a North Korean missile flew above the Japanese landmass. Seoul has threatened a strong response if Pyongyang "further worsens the situation." The missile flew over Japan for the first time in five years. North Korea's escalation of tensions is thought to be in response to a joint military drill by South Korea, the US and Japan in the East Sea. “It (North Korea missile) was in clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions and a serious provocation threatening the peace on the Korean Peninsula, in Northeast Asia and beyond,” he said. South Korea on Tuesday fired at least two “precision bombs” in response to North Korea’s missile launch earlier in the day. An F-15K fighter jet “fired two JADAM precision bombs in response” to North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile launch, Yonhap News reported, citing a statement of the South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff. Last time, it was Sept. “The missile flew over Japan for around one minute and landed outside the country's exclusive economic zone some 3,200 km east of the nation in the Pacific Ocean,” Hamada said. Earlier, the Japan Defense Ministry said North Korea launched, what appears to be a ballistic missile, which could fly in the direction of Aomori and Hokkaido provinces in northern Japan, and warned people to seek shelter. Japan’s Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said the missile flew 4,600 kilometers (2,858 miles), the longest distance ever for an intermediate-range or longer missile fired by North Korea, reaching an altitude of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles).

South Korea and U.S. warplanes conducted bombing drills on Tuesday in response to North Korea's firing of a missile over Japan for the first time since 2017 ...

SEOUL, Oct 4 (Reuters) - South Korea and U.S. [The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html) warplanes conducted bombing drills on Tuesday in response to North Korea's firing of a missile over Japan for the first time since 2017, South Korea's military said.

Minister for Asia statement on the launch of an Intermediate-range ballistic missile on 3 October by North Korea.

North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch is destabilizing, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday as U.S. President Joe Biden reached out to ...

The test on Tuesday (Oct. 4) marked the first time a North Korean missile overflew Japan in five years, according to media reports.

The South Korean and U.S. militaries responded by launching fighter jets that fired weapons at a target off South Korea's west coast.

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. Heo Tae-keun, South Korea’s deputy minister of national defense policy, told lawmakers Tuesday that North Korea is preparing to test a new liquid-fueled ICBM and a submarine-launched ballistic missile, as well. mainland and its allies with a host of missiles of varying range. The exercise was aimed at demonstrating the allies’ ability to accurately strike North Korean targets with “overwhelming force,” the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The launch is the fifth round of weapons tests by North Korea in the past 10 days. Before Tuesday’s launch, the 3,700-kilometer (2,300-mile) flight of a Hwasong-12 in 2017 was North Korea’s longest. In 2017, North Korea threatened to make “an enveloping fire” near Guam with Hwasong-12 missiles amid rising animosities with the then-Trump administration. If the launch involved a long-range missile, it could be a test of a weapon capable of targeting the U.S. Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said that it landed in the Pacific about 3,200 kilometers (1,990 miles) off the northern Japanese coast and that there were no reports of damage to Japanese aircraft or ships. SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea conducted its longest-ever weapons test Tuesday, a nuclear-capable ballistic missile that flew over Japan and could reach the U.S. The South Korean and U.S. mainland and its allies with the goal of wresting concessions from those countries, some experts say.

South Korea and the US military fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said on ...

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Eleven U.S. and Japanese fighters flew a show of force mission over the Sea of Japan following a North Korean missile test over the Japanese home islands, ...

Ryder would not say if Reagan would return closer to South Korea and the Sea of Japan when asked by reporters on Tuesday. The two exercises are the latest uptick of U.S. Air Force F-16s and four Republic of Korea F-15Ks flew a separate presence mission over the West Sea. During the exercise they conducted a live Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) strike in the Jikdo Range.” The missile flew a provocative flight path over the Japanese home islands before splashing down in the Pacific. Marine F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters over the Sea of Japan following North Korea’s Tuesday test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile.

The White House responded on multiple fronts to North Korea's long-range ballistic missile launch, deploying diplomats, military leaders and the president.

Exercises designed to show allies' military capabilities and deter North Korea from carrying out more 'provocations'.

In response to North Korea's test-firing of a ballistic missile over Japan, on Wednesday the U.S. and South Korea ran precision bombing exercises and ...

South Korea and the US military fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, Seoul said on ...

The United States asked the UN Security Council to meet on North Korea on Wednesday after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan, but diplomats said ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean and US militaries fired a volley of missiles into the sea in response to North Korea firing a ballistic missile over ...

South Korea and the U.S. military conducted missile drills in response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan, as the United Nations ...

Live-fire drill with the US was supposed to be a show of strength, but ended in embarrassment and caused alarm among nearby residents.