# North Korea

Last week

12th March 2023 - 18th March 2023

# Korea-Japan relations

North Korea fires long range missile just hours before South Korea-Japan summit

The launch, North Korea’s third this week, was a potent reminder of the regional security challenges.

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Mar 16th 2023, 7:13 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea launches two missiles to sea, as US and South Korea hold military drills

South Korea’s military called the launches ‘a grave provocation’.

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Mar 14th 2023, 7:14 AM

This month

March 2023

# tensions

Kim Jong Un supervises live-fire drill as North Korea simulates attack on South

It comes a day after South Korea’s military detected the North firing at least one short-range ballistic missile toward the sea.

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Mar 10th 2023, 8:10 AM

Last month

February 2023

# Sea of Japan

North Korea fired 'long-range' ballistic missile - Seoul

South Korea and the US are due to discuss how they would respond to nuclear weapon use by Pyongyang.

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Feb 18th 2023, 11:29 AM

This year

2023

# respiratory illness

North Korea locks down capital over 'respiratory illness', report says

Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay in their homes

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Jan 25th 2023, 9:47 AM

# Nuclear Weapons

Kim Jong Un calls for 'exponential increase' of North Korea's nuclear arsenal

Kim Jong Un is reported to have said the country must ‘overwhelmingly beef up the military muscle’ in 2023.

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Jan 1st 2023, 11:13 AM

Last year

2022

# missile launch

North Korea fires three missiles into Sea of Japan

It marks the end of a year of growing tensions on the Korean peninsula.

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Dec 31st 2022, 7:17 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan, Seoul's military says

It comes days after the country announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system.

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Dec 18th 2022, 7:16 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires barrage of artillery shells into maritime buffer zone with the South

About 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired today at 14:59 pm (05:59 Irish time) from two separate sites.

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Dec 5th 2022, 9:20 AM

# tensions

North Korean missile may have had range to hit US mainland, Japan says

The intercontinental ballistic missile is believed to have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone this morning.

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Nov 18th 2022, 7:05 AM

# tensions

North Korea fires four ballistic missiles into the sea

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the missiles flew around 130 kilometres toward the North’s western sea.

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Nov 5th 2022, 10:46 AM

# Weapons

North Korea fires ‘more than 20’ missiles, including one close to South Korean territory

South Korea issued an air raid alert amid the escalated hostilities in the region.

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Updated

Nov 2nd 2022, 12:59 PM

# North Korea

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, says South's military

Washington and Seoul have warned that such launches could culminate in another nuclear test.

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Oct 28th 2022, 8:09 AM

# North Korea

North Korean nuclear test would meet 'unprecedented' response: US, Japan, South Korea

Seoul and Washington have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang could be close to testing an atomic bomb for the first time since 2017.

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Oct 26th 2022, 8:01 AM

# military drills

North and South Korea exchange warning shots along sea border amid tensions

The incident comes amid heightened tensions over North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests.

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Oct 24th 2022, 6:38 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires artillery shells near border with South Korea

This comes a day after the South began annual military drills to better deal with North Korean provocations.

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Oct 18th 2022, 9:28 PM

# shots fired

North Korea fires missile and flies fighter jets near border

South Korea’s military said it had detected the ballistic missile launch from the Sunan area in Pyongyang.

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Oct 14th 2022, 6:42 AM

# missile tests

North Korea says recent tests were 'tactical nuclear' drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared the country an “irreversible” nuclear power.

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Oct 10th 2022, 6:58 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires ballistic missile, Seoul's military says

It is the latest in a blitz of launches amid tensions over US-led military exercises in the region.

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Updated

Oct 9th 2022, 3:57 PM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires warplanes and tests missiles in response to 'US escalation'

South Korea’s military said it had detected two short-range ballistic missiles launched from the North

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Oct 6th 2022, 1:16 PM

# missile drills

South Korean missile explodes during live-fire drill with US after North Korea test

The missile launched by Pyongyang on Tuesday had the range to strike the US territory of Guam.

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Oct 5th 2022, 6:43 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

South Korean and US fighter jets have conducted precision bombing drills in response.

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Oct 4th 2022, 10:37 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires two missiles as South conducts military drills with US forces

US Vice President Kamala Harris visited South Korea earlier this week.

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Oct 1st 2022, 7:45 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires tests ballistic missiles on eve of Kamala Harris trip

South Korea’s military said it had ‘detected two short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Sunan area in Pyongyang’.

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Sep 28th 2022, 9:49 PM

# Pyongyang

North Korea calls US and South Korean naval drills a provocation to war

Earlier this month, the North vowed never to give up its nuclear weapons.

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Sep 26th 2022, 8:37 PM

North Korea law allows for nuclear first strike, makes ownership of missiles 'irreversible'

‘The status of our country as a nuclear weapons state has become irreversible’, leader Kim Jong Un said.

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Sep 9th 2022, 7:44 AM

# North Korea

North Korea fires two cruise missiles, ending brief weapons test lull

North Korea has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting tests throughout this year.

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Aug 17th 2022, 8:59 AM

# nukes

Kim Jong Un threatens to use nuclear weapons amid tensions with US and South Korea

Kim has this year been increasingly threatening rivals with his advancing nuclear programme.

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Jul 28th 2022, 7:05 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea fires eight ballistic missiles in 'unusual' exercise

The exercise represents the largest number of ballistic missiles North Korea has recently launched on a single day and occasion.

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Jun 5th 2022, 7:25 AM

# North Korea

Doubt cast on North Korea’s claim of just 69 coronavirus deaths

The secretive country has admitted that more than three million have reported sick with fevers but said only a few dozen have died.

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May 27th 2022, 10:33 AM

# North Korea

S.Korean military says N.Korea launched ballistic missile: Yonhap

The launch comes as US President Joe Biden concluded a trip to South Korea and Japan.

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May 24th 2022, 10:31 PM

# seoul trip

Biden says any Kim meeting would depend on sincerity

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year.

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May 21st 2022, 10:44 AM

# Coronavirus

Kim Jong Un criticises officials over spiralling North Korea Covid outbreak

The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.

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May 18th 2022, 7:15 AM

# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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May 16th 2022, 10:45 PM

# Coronavirus

Kim Jong Un deploys military to aid pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges

Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea.

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May 16th 2022, 9:14 AM

# North Korea

North Korea reports 15 more 'fever' deaths amid Covid outbreak

North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.

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May 15th 2022, 12:10 PM

# The Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Here’s your round-up of what made the headlines today.

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May 14th 2022, 8:19 PM

# North Korea

North Korea confirms 21 new deaths as it battles Covid-19

The country had previously held for more than two years to the widely doubted claim that it had kept the virus out.

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May 14th 2022, 11:51 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea reveals six deaths after admitting first Covid outbreak

Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.

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May 13th 2022, 7:20 AM

# Pyongyang

North Korea orders national lockdown after confirming first Covid-19 cases

The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.

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May 12th 2022, 7:29 AM