EghtesadOnline: North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ), making the isolated nation's claim that it was close to a test-launch plausible, international weapons experts said on Monday.

EghtesadOnline: North Korea claims that it now has a more-developed hydrogen nuclear weapon that can be mounted on a new intercontinental ballistic missile.

EghtesadOnline: North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.

EghtesadOnline: South Korea's intelligence agency does not believe North Korea has secured re-entry capabilities for its intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ) program, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday, disputing Pyongyang's account.

EghtesadOnline: The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later Wednesday after the U.S. confirmed North Korea’s rocket launch on July 4 was its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. confirmed a rocket launched by North Korea on July 4 was an intercontinental ballistic missile, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calling it a “new escalation of the threat” to the U.S. and its allies that would be brought before the United Nations Security Council.

EghtesadOnline: North Korea said Tuesday it successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, a claim that brings the isolated state closer to its aim of building a device capable of hitting the continental U.S. with a nuclear warhead.

EghtesadOnline: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that the isolated nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ).