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North Korea Fires 'Highly Problematic' Missile

That would be 3rd in 3 weeks, and it landed in Japanese waters

(Newser) - North Korea carried out its third missile test in as many weeks Monday, firing what is believed to have been a short-range Scud-type missile into waters Japan considers to be part of its exclusive economic maritime zone. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga says Tokyo has protested the "intolerable" action...

US Will Try to Shoot Down an ICBM for 1st Time

Pentagon worried about possible nuclear missile from North Korea

(Newser) - For the first time ever, the US will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental-range missile speeding toward the homeland, the AP reports. The Pentagon has scheduled a test of its Ground-based Midcourse Defense system for next Tuesday. The test was announced three days after the director of the US Defense...

North Korea Says Missiles Are 'Answer to Trump'

Kim calls for mass production of new weapons system

(Newser) - North Korea says it's ready to deploy and start mass-producing a new medium-range missile capable of reaching Japan and major US military bases there following a test launch it claims confirmed the missile's combat readiness and is an "answer" to President Trump's policies. The solid-fuel Pukguksong-2...

N. Korea Fires Missile That South Says Tanks Peace

Ballistic missile had shorter range than last 3 tests

(Newser) - North Korea fired off yet another missile on Sunday, but the latest salvo shot down South Korea’s new government’s hopes of extending any olive branch, reports Reuters . Combined with an earlier test in the week, Seoul’s foreign ministry was blunt, calling the tests "reckless and irresponsible...

Researchers Find 'Best Clue' as to Origins of Ransomware

Code in an early version of WannaCry has a link to North Korea

(Newser) - Security researchers say a leading suspect in the massive ransomware attack is a familiar one: North Korea. Researchers at Google, Symantec, Kaspersky Lab, and Comae Technologies say an early version of the WannaCry software contains code similar to that used by the Pyongyang-linked Lazarus group in a 2015 cyberattack, the...

If N. Korea Missile Test Details True, US Territory Is Within Reach

Experts fear they're getting closer to ICBM

(Newser) - North Korea has been bragging about its latest missile launch —and experts say the boasts are more than just empty bluster. The Hwasong-12 missile fired Sunday traveled nearly 500 miles before landing in the Sea of Japan near Russia, according to Pyongyang's KCNA state news agency. Analysts say...

N. Korea's Latest Launch Could Indicate a New Type of Missile

Test early Sunday flew unusually high, could mean North has extended range capability

(Newser) - North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew for half an hour and reached an unusually high altitude before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese, and US militaries said. The launch, which Tokyo said could be of a new type of missile, is a...

New South Korean Prez: 'I Will Go to Pyongyang'

Moon says he'll go anywhere for peace

(Newser) - New South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he is open to visiting rival North Korea under the right conditions to talk about Pyongyang's aggressive pursuit of an expanded nuclear weapons and missiles program. The newly elected Moon, speaking during his oath of office as the country's first liberal...

N. Korea Detains 2nd American Professor

Kim Hak Song also worked for Pyongyang University of Science and Technology

(Newser) - North Korea has announced it detained another American citizen over unspecified hostile acts against the country, reports the AP . North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Sunday that Kim Hak Song had worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology before he was held on Saturday. KCNA...

North Korea: We Uncovered US Plot to Kill Our Leader

Pyongyang says CIA and South Korea conspired to kill Kim Jong Un

(Newser) - North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency is out with a doozy of a report: It says the North has "uncovered and smashed" a plot by the CIA and South Korea's Intelligence Service to assassinate Kim Jong Un. The North says the two agencies worked in cahoots with...

North Korea: China Can't Stop Our Nukes

Pointed editorial says country would give up its ally

(Newser) - Don't expect pressure from China to have an effect on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. That was the message in an editorial published by the North's state news media Wednesday, described by an expert as the harshest critique of China to come out of the country in...

North Korea Confirms It Arrested an American

Pyongyang confirms detention of accounting teacher Kim Sang-duk

(Newser) - North Korea on Wednesday confirmed that it detained another American last month, and the reason is the usual one it gives in such cases: It accuses Kim Sang-duk, who also goes by his American name of Tony Kim, of working to "subvert the country," reports Reuters . Kim, believed...

THAAD Up and Running as South Korea Election Looms
THAAD Up
and Running,
Though Not
Without Grumbles
THE RUNDOWN
May 2, 2017 9:32 AM CDT

THAAD Up and Running, Though Not Without Grumbles

Over money, health issues, and more

(Newser) - After last month announcing it would deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea within the year, the US military says THAAD is now operational and—in what is sure to thrill Kim Jong Un—"has the ability to intercept North Korean missiles," per the New ...

Trump: I'd Be 'Honored' to Meet Kim Jong Un

But conditions have to be right, he says

(Newser) - He's the heir to his father's empire, he attended an exclusive boarding school, his foes criticize him as potentially unstable—and President Trump says he's willing to meet with him. Trump tells Bloomberg that he would be "honored" to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...

Has the US Forgotten About Otto Warmbier?
Has the US Forgotten
About Otto Warmbier?
longform
May 1, 2017 4:32 PM CDT

Has the US Forgotten About Otto Warmbier?

'Time' delves into the case of college student captive in North Korea

(Newser) - On Jan. 2, 2016, Otto Warmbier was detained at a North Korean airport just before entering the immigration area to return home to the US. Nearly 16 months later, he's still in North Korea, and Nash Jenkins wonders in a longform piece for Time : "Has America forgotten him?"...

McMaster: N. Korea Is a &#39;Grave Threat&#39;
McMaster:
N. Korea Is a
'Grave Threat'
SUNDAY TALK SHOWS
Apr 30, 2017 9:37 AM CDT

McMaster: N. Korea Is a 'Grave Threat'

Pyongyang's latest missile test in 'open defiance of the international community'

(Newser) - White House National Security Adviser HR McMaster says North Korea's most recent missile test represents "open defiance of the international community." He says North Korea poses "a grave threat" not just to the United States and its Asian allies, but also to China. Speaking on Fox ...

Trump: N. Korea Has Dissed China With Missile Launch

'Bad!' he tweets

(Newser) - President Trump has warned North Korea that China is not going to be happy about its failed missile launch early Saturday. "North Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today," Trump tweeted . "Bad!" Japan joined...

North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Test

Officials say the test was a failure, with the missile exploding soon after launch

(Newser) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile test around 5pm ET Friday (6am Saturday Seoul time), NBC News reports. The launch—an apparent failure—was confirmed by US and South Korean officials. One US official tells the AP the projectile was likely a medium-range KN-17 missile. The official says the missile...

Trump: &#39;Major Conflict&#39; With N. Korea Possible
Trump: 'Major Conflict' 
With N. Korea Possible
THE RUNDOWN
Apr 28, 2017 6:52 AM CDT

Trump: 'Major Conflict' With N. Korea Possible

Tillerson says Kim Jong Un 'isn't insane'

(Newser) - President Trump says he wants to resolve America's differences with Pyongyang peacefully—but there is the chance we "could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea." Trump tells Reuters that the country is currently his biggest international worry. Asked whether he considers Kim Jong...

Rumors Swirl as Gas Shortage Hits N. Korea

Beijing may have tightened supply

(Newser) - An acute shortage of gasoline in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang that has sparked price hikes and hoarding is raising fears of potentially crippling pain at the pumps if things don't get better soon—and driving rumors that China is to blame. The shortage, which is extremely unusual...

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