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N. Korea to Stage Major Holiday Overshadowed by Nuclear, Missile Tensions

North Korea is preparing to celebrate its most important holiday on Friday, overshadowed by international concerns that Pyongyang may stage a major weapons test. From floral baskets to ballistic missiles, here is the history of the holiday, and expectations for this week's events. * "The Day of the Sun" is…

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N.Korea Celebrates 10 Years of Kim Jong Un as Top Party Leader

North Korea praised Kim Jong Un's leadership in developing nuclear weapons, touted his political achievements, and unveiled new portraits and exhibitions to celebrate his 10 years in charge of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Kim is considered to have assumed power when he was named supreme commander of…

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N.Korea celebrates 10 years of Kim Jong Un as top party leader

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S.Korea’s president-elect vows ‘strong deterrence’ amid N.Korea nuclear test signs

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said on Thursday strong deterrence was crucial in the face of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea amid a renewed warning by a top U.S. envoy of a potential nuclear test as early as next week.

Reuters

North Korea may plan for nuclear test next week, US envoy says

North Korea might be considering conducting a nuclear test next week to coincide with national celebrations to mark the birthday of its deceased founder, the Biden administration’s point man for Pyongyang warned.

Tribune News Service

Kim's sister: N Korea nukes could 'eliminate' South

North Korea will use its nuclear weapons to "eliminate" South Korea's army in the event they launch a pre-emptive strike, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday.

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North Korea Accuses South of 'Reckless' Remarks

North Korea blasted the South Korean defense minister on Sunday for "reckless" remarks about Seoul's ability to strike Pyongyang, warning of retaliation after conducting a record number of weapons tests this year. South Korean defense minister Suh Wook had said Friday that his army had missiles with "the ability to…

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North Korea signals it’s preparing for a nuclear test, exploiting US-Russia rift

North Korea looks set to detonate its first nuclear bomb in more than four years, as the United States' sanctions disputes with Russia and China make further United Nations penalties against the country unlikely.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un oversees ICBM test, warns of confrontation with US

Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful launch of a new, larger intercontinental ballistic missile, in an explosive confirmation of his continued nuclear weapons development over the past four years despite international sanctions and failed talks with the U.S.

Tribune News Service

North Korea Says Kim Ordered Test of 'New Type' of ICBM

Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the test-firing of North Korea's largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile, ensuring his country is ready for "long-standing confrontation" with the United States, state media reported Friday. The Thursday launch was the first time Pyongyang has fired Kim's most powerful missiles at full range since 2017. It…

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North Korea confirms ICBM test; warns of ‘long’ US confrontation

UN Security Council due to hold emergency meeting after launch, which breached weapons testing resolutions.

Al Jazeera

UN chief 'strongly condemns' North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's firing of what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to "desist from taking any further counter-productive actions," his spokesman said.

France 24

EXPLAINER: What North Korea wants from recent weapons tests

A day after a North Korean missile exploded after takeoff, there's speculation that the failed launch is related to the North’s push for its first intercontinental ballistic missile test in years

The Independent UK

North Korea Suspected Ballistic Missile Explodes after Launch

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile that exploded mid-air shortly after launch, Seoul said Wednesday, with analysts warning it was likely a failed test of Pyongyang's so-called "monster missile". The launch -- North Korea's tenth suspected weapons test this year -- comes after the United States said the nuclear-armed…

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N.Korea celebrates late Kim's birthday in new alpine city, with no military event

North Korea has celebrated the 80th birthday anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un's late father with a music concert and fireworks in a refurbished holy city, but no missile launch or military parade, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Why Kim Jong Un keeps aiming his missiles at this 'most hated rock'

SEOUL: As Kim Jong Un unleashed his biggest-ever barrage of missile tests last month, one place suffered the most: a barren piles of rocks whose name means “No Man’s Land.”

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un keeps aiming his missiles at this 'most hated rock'

As Kim Jong Un unleashed his biggest-ever barrage of missile tests last month, one place suffered the most: a barren piles of rocks whose name means “No Man’s Land.”

The Independent UK

'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

During the last Winter Games, North Korea basked in the global limelight in South Korea

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Un rides white horse in new propaganda video

Galloping through forest atop a white horse, Kim Jong Un stars in a new North Korean propaganda video that touts his economic leadership but ignores a recent spate of sanctions-busting missile launches.

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North Korea Test-fires Most Powerful Missile Since 2017

North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul warned nuclear and long-range tests could be next. Pyongyang has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon…

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North Korea Confirms Missile Tests as Kim Inspects 'Important' Munitions Factory

North Korea test-fired two different weapons systems this week, state media said Friday, while highlighting Kim Jong Un's inspection of an "important" munitions factory. Pyongyang has conducted six weapons tests in January, including firing hypersonic missiles, doubling down on Kim's call to build "military muscle" with one of the most…

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North Korea Fires Two Missiles as Testing Blitz Continues

North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul said, its sixth weapons test this month in one of the most intense spates of launches on record that has delivered an emphatic rejection of Washington's offers for talks on its nuclear program. Pyongyang has not fired this many missiles in…

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North Korea fires 2 suspected cruise missiles, Seoul says

SEOUL: North Korea fired two suspected cruise missiles Tuesday, Seoul said, its fifth weapons test this year as Pyongyang flexes its military muscles while ignoring US offers of talks.

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