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Joe Biden consults Japan PM Kishida after North Korea missile test

President Joe Biden on Tuesday spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss their next steps after North Korea conducted its longest ever test launch by firing a nuclear-capable ballistic missile over Japan. The White House in a statement said the leaders condemned North Korea's missile test in the strongest terms, recognising the launch as a danger to the Japanese people, destabilising to the region, and a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions. The White House said the leaders agreed to coordinate an immediate and longer-term response together, as well as with South Korea, and with the international community. They also vowed to work to limit North Korea's ability to support its unlawful ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs." North Korea has test-fired about 40 missiles over about 20 different launch events this year as its leader, Kim Jong Un, refuses to return to nuclear diplomacy with the United States, but Tuesday's

North Korea fires missiles after Kamala Harris leaves South 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 emphasised the ironclad U.S. commitment to the security of its Asian allies. It was the third round of missile launches by North Korea this week, extending a record pace in weapons testing as it accelerates a push to expand its arsenal and pressure Washington to accept it as a nuclear power. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Korean missiles were fired nine minutes apart from an area near the city of Sunchon, just north of the capital, Pyongyang, and flew toward waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It didn't immediately release more details. Japan's military said it also detected a launch. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, while Harris was in Japan, and fired one before she left Washington on Sunday. Harris earlier capped h

N Korea test launches missile on eve of Kamala Harris trip to Seoul

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters a day before a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile was launched Wednesday but gave no further details. It was the second missile launched by North Korea this week. Harris is to visit the demilitarized zone separating the rival Koreas during her visit to South Korea. The launch also comes as US and South Korean navy ships are conducting drills off the Korean Peninsula's east coast.

North Korea calls US' human rights abuse accusations 'grave provocation'

In July, a US State Department spokesperson expressed concerns over the North's rights situation following Seoul's appointment of a new envoy for Pyongyang's human rights

North Korea calls UN monitor on its rights issue 'puppet' of the US

North Korea called the UN's top expert on the country's human rights a puppet of the United States, warning on Friday that it won't tolerate an American-led plot to use the rights issue to overthrow its political system. North Korea's government is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of its rights record, viewing it as an attempt to slander and rattle its authoritarian rule of its 26 million people, most of whom have little access to foreign news. Its comments come as Elizabeth Salmn, the UN special rapporteur on the North's human rights, is making her first visit to South Korea this week to meet officials, activists and North Korean defectors since her appointment last month. North Korea's Foreign Ministry accused Salmn of displaying ignorance and biased vision" on the North. It also accused Washington of being behind Salmn's mandate as part of an anti-North Korea scheme. The human rights' racket of the US and other hostile forces is nothing but the most politicised hosti

North Korea slams Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit, backs China's position

North Korea strongly denounced Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan on Wednesday, calling it an "impudent interference" by Washington into another nation's internal affairs

Kim Jong Un says he is ready to fight with US, 'eliminate' South Korea

Kim has been stepping up his provocations this year while US attention has been diverted toward Russia's invasion of Ukraine by firing off a record number of ballistic missiles

Kim threatens to use nuclear weapons amid tensions with US, S Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea

S Korea, US to hold talks on alliance, deterrence against evolving N Korea

The defence chiefs of South Korea and the US will hold talks in Washington DC on Friday (July 29) to discuss security on the Korean Peninsula and deterrence against evolving North Korean threats

S Korea, US stage first combined drills amid North Korean threats

The four-day drills kicked off Monday amid lingering concerns that Pyongyang could ratchet up tensions by conducting what would be its seventh nuclear test or other provocative acts

North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan trilateral military cooperation

North Korea has long cited what it calls hostility by the United States and its allies as a reason to pursue a nuclear programme

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirms arms buildup in party meeting

Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in the face of what he described as an aggravating security environment while outside governments monitor signs of an imminent nuclear test explosion.

China, Russia defend N Korea vetoes at UN after US imposes sanctions

China and Russia defended their vetoes of a strongly backed US resolution that would have imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea at a first-ever General Assembly meeting

US to seek new additional UN sanctions if North Korea holds nuclear test

The United States has said it will push for additional sanctions on North Korea if it conducts a new nuclear test explosion

US issues sanctions targeting N Korean weapons of mass destruction program

The US imposed sanctions on two Russian banks, a North Korean company and a person it accused of supporting North Korea's weapons of mass destruction program

US imposes fresh sanctions after North Korea launches three new missile

The launches happened after President Joe Biden ended an Asian trip in which he stressed Washington's commitment to defending allies from the North's nuclear threat.

North Korea may conduct missile test as Biden visits Asia: US intelligence

US intelligence shows that it's a genuine possibility that North Korea will conduct another ballistic missile test or nuclear test around President Joe Biden's visit to South Korea and Japan

US spars with China, Russia over N Korea's nuclear programme sanctions

China and Russia both have veto power and say they want to see new talks and not more punishment for the North

China's top nuke envoy in Seoul for talks amid recent NK missile strikes

Touching on pending issues related to North Korea, the envoy said that said that it was up to the US and North Korea to resolve issues on the Peninsula, not China

US continues to adjust readiness to meet North Korean threats: Pentagon

The US and South Korea continue to adjust their joint defense capabilities to meet ever increasing threats from North Korea's advancing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities