North Korea missile tests

• U.S. slaps sanctions on six North Koreans after latest missile tests

  The U.S. Treasury said the steps aimed both to prevent the advancement of North Korea's programs and to impede its attempts to proliferate weapons technologies.

  World

  Jan 12
  
• South Korea reports ‘inappropriate’ missile firings from North Korea

  The North conducted two previous rounds of similar short-range launches and other military exercises this month after leader Kim Jong Un entered the new year vowing to bolster his nuclear deterrent in face of "gangster-like'' U.S. sanctions and pressure.

  World

  Mar 20, 2020
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• North Korea fired 2 projectiles into sea off eastern coast: South Korea

  South Korean military officials didn't immediately say what the weapons were, how many were launched or how far they flew.

  World

  Aug 15, 2019
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• North Korea tested missiles, but that didn’t violate a pledge to Trump: John Bolton

  John Bolton: "The firing of these missiles don't violate the pledge that Kim Jong Un made to the president about intercontinental-range ballistic missiles,"

  World

  Jul 31, 2019
• Trump meets with South Korean president in hopes of getting North Korea talks back on track

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would leave sanctions in place on North Korea as he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in discussed ways to get U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks back on track after a failed summit in Hanoi.

  World

  Apr 11, 2019
• North Korea pulls staff from liaison office with South

  The North Korean action came a week after its vice foreign minister threatened to pull out of nuclear negotiations with the United States

  World

  Mar 22, 2019
• North Korea blames U.S. for breakdown in talks, may suspend them and start missile tests again

  North Korea's vice foreign minister said the country has "no intention to yield to the U.S. demands (at the Hanoi summit) in any form, nor are we willing to engage in negotiations of this kind."

  World

  Mar 15, 2019
• Why North Korea’s move to halt weapons testing is a show of strength from Kim Jong-Un

  North Korea said it's ceasing nuclear weapons testing because it has achieved its goal of taking its place among the world's nuclear-armed states, and now wants to focus on improving its economy.

  World

  Apr 22, 2018
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• China ‘can’t stand’ Justin Trudeau’s talk of human rights, diversity: Ian Bremmer

  "None of this plays in China," says Ian Bremmer. "They can’t stand this stuff, and Canada’s small."

  Canada

  Jan 7, 2018
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• North Korea accidentally hit its own city in a missile test: report

  North Korea hit one of its own cities when a missile test last spring went awry, researchers say.

  World

  Jan 4, 2018