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Explainer-When will North Korea test a nuclear weapon?

North Korea's recent flurry of missile launches has raised expectations that it could soon test a nuclear device for the first time since 2017.

Reuters

North Korea's recent tests were 'tactical nuclear drills' overseen by Kim Jong-un

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has been overseeing recent missile launches, as experts warn the despot could also use the opportunity to detonate smaller tactical devices for the first time

Daily Mirror

North Korea confirms a simulated use of nukes to 'wipe out' its enemies

North Korea's recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "wipe out" potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported Monday

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North Korea says nuclear missile launches are tests to ‘wipe out’ enemies

Leader Kim Jong Un has signalled more provocative tests will be conducted in coming weeks

Wales Online

N. Korea confirms nuke missiles tests to 'wipe out' enemies

North Korea says its recent barrage of missile launches were tests of its tactical nuclear weapons to “hit and wipe out” potential South Korean and U.S. targets

The Independent UK

N.Korea says missile tests simulate striking South with nuclear weapons

North Korea's recent flurry of missile tests were designed to simulate showering the South with tactical nuclear weapons as a warning after large-scale navy drills by South Korean and U.S. forces, state news agency KCNA said on Monday.

Reuters

Viral video of Kim Jong-un meeting Vladimir Putin is actually from 2019

Twitter users have been sharing a video that they claim shows Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Moscow on September 30. However, it turns out the video was filmed in Vladivostok in April 2019 during the only official meeting between these two heads of state.

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N Korea defends missile launches as defence against US threats

Pyongyang says recent ballistic missile launches had not endangered civil aviation or threatened neighbouring countries.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Putin and North Korea's Kim forge closer ties amid shared isolation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, congratulating him for "crushing the challenges and threats of the United States", the latest sign of deepening ties between the two pariah states.

Reuters

North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles, Blames US Drills 'Escalation'

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. As the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang's Tuesday launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, North…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea fires more ballistic missiles after US military drills

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Thursday after the United States redeployed an aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula in response to Pyongyang’s previous launch of a nuclear-capable missile over Japan.

France 24

North Korea’s latest missile test reminds the world of Asia’s powder keg

SINGAPORE — With the war in Ukraine and Russia’s threats to deploy tactical nuclear weapons, it was easy to lose sight of the rising danger North Korea poses to peace in Asia.

Los Angeles Times

5 chilling questions as North Korea fires missile over Japan and residents take cover

This is the first time North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan since 2017 and shows North Korea demonstrating its growing nuclear capabilities

Daily Mirror

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile over Japan

North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, prompting Tokyo to activate the country's missile alert system and order people to take shelter. The last time North Korea fired a missile over Japan was in 2017, at the height of a period of "fire and fury" when…

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Trump correspondence with Kim Jong Un missing, attorney for National Archives told ex-president's lawyers in May 2021

The top attorney at the National Archives emailed former White House lawyers in May 2021 alerting them that the administration had failed to turn over correspondence between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

North Korea 'using Chinese, Russian vaccines to battle COVID-19'

SHENYANG, China -- North Korea has been vaccinating against COVID-19 since the end of August, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from a Chinese-North Korean trade official with close ties to Pyongyang bureaucrats.

The Independent UK

S. Korean activists clash with police over anti-Kim balloons

South Korean activists say they clashed with police while launching balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda materials across the North Korean border

The Independent UK

Trump ran for president because ‘nobody knows’ his ‘rich friends’, new book reveals

‘Here’s the way I look at it. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are,’ he told Maggie Haberman of his decision to run for president

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Daily Mirror

North Korea missile launch: Everything we know about test copying banned Russian weapon

North Korea could have tested a nuclear-capable short-range weapon modelled on Russia’s Iskander missiles

Tribune News Service

North Korea launches suspected ballistic missile, Yonhap says

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Sunday, Yonhap said, its first such launch since shooting off its single-day record of eight at the start of June.

Daily Mirror

Kim Jong-un's only known daughter revealed in North Korea propaganda, experts claim

Experts have shockingly claimed that Kim Jong-un's daughter has been revealed in North Korean propaganda - as they note just how close the despot came to her during a recent event

WEKU

North Korea declares itself a nuclear weapons state

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North's defenses.

The Independent UK

N. Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is stressing his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons and missiles it needs to counter hostilities from the United States

Daily Mirror

Kim Jong-un in chilling nuclear vow as North Korea passes law allowing PREEMPTIVE strikes

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vows his new law makes his country's nuclear status 'irreversible' and claims it will stop any talk of de-nuclearisation

Reuters

Analysis-Kim Jong Un's 'decapitation' fears shine through in new N.Korea nuclear law

A new North Korean law calls for "automatic" nuclear launches if the country's leadership or command and control systems are threatened, underscoring leader Kim Jong Un's fears of a so-called "decapitation" strike, experts said.

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