Author: Kim Tong-Hyung
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North Korea launches ballistic missile and other weapons over the sea in latest show of force
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, days after the leaders of Russia and China voiced their opposition to Western pressures on North Korea. The missile fired from Jongju, a city near the North’s west coast, flew about…
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K-pop sensation BTS returns with a comeback concert in Seoul after a 4-year hiatus
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returned Saturday with a massive, free comeback concert in Seoul, where thousands of police locked down a central boulevard for the Netflix-exclusive spectacle that drew tens of thousands of fans. “Annyeonghaseyo! We’re back,” RM, the band’s leader, told the crowd, using the Korean…
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A US military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, killing 6. Here’s what to know
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday, after their plane crashed in western Iraq. The U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in “friendly airspace,” and that the…
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South Korea says opening diplomatic relations with Cuba would shock North Korea
South Korea’s presidential office claims that the country’s move to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba would deal a “political and psychological blow” to its war-divided rival North Korea, whose diplomatic footing is largely dependent on a small number of Cold War allies
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Kim watches missile tests and warns that North Korea will take an aggressive stance in disputed seas
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of new surface-to-sea missiles and warned that the country would take a more aggressive military posture in disputed waters
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North Korea’s Kim says he has no desire for talks and repeats a threat to destroy South if provoked
North Korean media say leader Kim Jong Un has restated he has no desire for diplomacy with South Korea and that the North would annihilate its rival if provoked
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North Korea’s leader arrives in Russia to meet with Putin
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rolled through Russia on an armored train Tuesday toward a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, a rare encounter between isolated leaders driven together by their need for support in escalating standoffs with the West. Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology for his…
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North Korea keeps up missile barrage with suspected ICBM
SEOUL, South Korea • North Korea continued its barrage of weapons tests Thursday, firing at least three missiles including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile that forced the Japanese government to issue evacuation alerts and temporarily halt trains. The launches are the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests in recent months that have…
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North Korea fires missiles after Harris leaves South Korea
PANMUNJOM, Korea • In a show of defiance, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris flew home from a visit to South Korea during which she traveled to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas and emphasized the “ironclad” U.S. commitment to the…
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U.S., allies fly fighter jets amid North Korea tensions
SEOUL, South Korea • The United States and its Asian allies flew dozens of fighter jets over waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in a show of force as their diplomats discussed a coordinated response to a possibly imminent North Korean nuclear test. The flights came as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman…