South Korea’s Asia Business Daily, citing an unidentified source, reported on Tuesday that North Korea had been observed moving a rocket that appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards its west coast. The rocket started moving on Monday and was spotted moving only at night to avoid surveillance, the report said. South Korea’s…
South Korea and the United States will seek to deploy a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, strategic bombers and other powerful assets to the Korean Peninsula as a response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, Seoul’s defense ministry said Monday. “We will push for the option of deploying strategic assets such as the U.S. carrier strike group…
South Korea’s military said Monday it conducted a combined live-fire exercise targeting North Korea’s nuclear test site. The training came in response to the North’s sixth nuclear test a day earlier, and involved the country’s Hyunmoo ballistic missile and the F-15K fighter jets. In the drill, the Hyunmoo surface-to-surface missile and the F-15K’s long-range air-to-ground…
Japanese authorities have declared that a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in North Korea was caused by a nuclear explosion. The earthquake occurred close to a nuclear testing site. It would be North Korea’s sixth nuclear test to date. According to Reuters news agency, the Japan Meteorological Agency says tremors in North Korea were at least 10…
The US and South Korea have staged a joint show of force over the Korean Peninsula, two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan. Four F-35B stealth jets and two B-1B strategic bombers from the United States trained with South Korea’s F-15K fighter jets over the Korean Peninsula on Thursday in response to…
North Korea’s television released footage on Wednesday of the rocket which passed over Japanese airspace being launched on Tuesday from the capital Pyongyang.
South Korean fighter jets simulated a bombing campaign in response to North Korea’s missile test. The show of force involved four F-15K fighter jets, which dropped eight MK-84 bombs on targets at a military field near the border. The South said the display was intended to show its “powerful capability to punish North Korea”.
North Korea fired a missile that passed over northern Japan early Tuesday, the Japanese government said. The government’s J-Alert warning system advised people in the area to take precautions, but public broadcaster NHK said there was no sign of damage. The Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile, which passed…
