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North Korean-made KN-23 solid-propellant, road-mobile short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) ... The post The KN-23 Goes to War: Has It Improved North Korea’s Missiles? appeared first on 38 North.
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The second-in-command of the U.S.-led multilateral force overseeing the inter-Korean armistice warned that the experience gained by North Korean forces on the battlefields of the Russia-Ukraine war changes the security calculus on the Korean Peninsula. Addressing foreign reporters at a press conference in Seoul on Thursday, U.N. Command (UNC) Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Scott Winter […]
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South Korea will upgrade its K2 battle tanks with protection systems to counter a variety of threats, the country’s arms procurement agency said Tuesday, as the North continues to upgrade its attack drones and gain valuable experience in the Ukraine conflict. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) will spend about $2.4 billion (3.4 trillion South […]
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“Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years. Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing ask@nknews.org and including their first name and city of residence. This week marks the end of David’s […]
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SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea stayed silent Thursday on the ballistic m...
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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East...
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North Korea on Wednesday condemned South Korea’s plans to develop its first nuclear-powered submarine, warning that the project could set off “nuclear dominoes” in the Asia-Pacific and further destabilize the Korean Peninsula. In a statement released through the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister Jang Kum Chol said Seoul’s […]
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Jeongmin Kim hosts this week’s NK News Podcast and is joined by Senior Analytic Correspondent Colin Zwirko to discuss a series of recent satellite imagery investigations into North Korea’s military infrastructure, beginning with an unusual new facility at a factory producing short-range ballistic missiles supplied to Russia. Colin explains why North Korea built and then […]
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North Korean ballistic missiles used in a massive attack by Russia killed at least seven people in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday night, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zaporizhzhia “was struck with North Korean ballistic missiles, [Russian] Zircon missiles and guided aerial bombs,” Zelensky wrote on social media, adding that authorities had […]
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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East...
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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East...
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North Korea launched a ballistic missile on Wednesday morning, according to the Japanese and South Korean defense ministries, in the second such missile test by Pyongyang in the last week. The Japanese military alerted ships in the Sea of Japan, or East Sea in Korea, at around 6:03 a.m. KST about a launch, urging them […]
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Kyiv’s long-range strikes on oil refineries in the heart of Russia prompted Moscow to increasingly rely on North Korean military support, including the latest delivery of ballistic missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday. Citing talks with military brass and security officials, Zelensky praised the success of Ukraine’s “deep strikes” on Russian facilities, including the […]
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South Korea and the U.S. will hold their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise from Aug. 17 to 27, with this year’s drills incorporating scenarios designed to counter evolving North Korean military threats, including those shaped by lessons from the war in Ukraine. The exercise will address responses to GPS disruption, cyberattacks and drone attacks […]
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Russia is gearing up to deploy as many as 50,000 North Korean soldiers against Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday while calling on South Korea to boost cooperation with Ukraine on air-defense systems and drones. Zelensky said in a televised interview that Russia and North Korea decided to station 30,000 to 50,000 DPRK troops […]
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Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers from the film. Movies about North Korean defectors often focus on the dangers of escaping the country. “Hana Korea” begins after the escape — with a young woman sitting alone on a plane that has just landed in South Korea, unsure of what awaits her. Released last month, the […]
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on North Korea’s hosting of the World Table Tennis Championships in 1979. Part 1 on how Pyongyang attempted to use the competition to improve ties with the U.S. can be read here. Everything seemed to be falling into place for a North Korean propaganda coup […]
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SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday did not report on its launch of ...