North Korea

North Korea tests sea-launched strategic cruise missile

North Korea conducted a successful test launch of a sea-launched strategic cruise missile on January 25, with Kim Jong Un, the country's leader, observing the launch.

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Publish Date:26/January/2025 | 13:55

Pezeshkian congrats N Korean leader on arrival of New Year

Concurrent with the beginning of 2025, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sent a message to North Korea n Leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday and congratulated the New Year to him and the noble nation of North Korea .

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Publish Date:03/January/2025 | 17:07

North Korea Says U.S. Faces `Merciless Revenge' Over Drills

EghtesadOnline: North Korea threatened the U.S. on Tuesday, saying it will face “merciless revenge” for ignoring Pyongyang’s warnings over annual military drills with South Korea.

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Publish Date:22/August/2017 | 05:46

Symantec says 'highly likely' North Korea group behind ransomware attacks

EghtesadOnline: Cyber security firm Symantec Corp said on Monday it was "highly likely" a hacking group affiliated with North Korea was behind the WannaCry cyber attack this month that infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide and disrupted hospitals, banks and schools across the globe.

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Publish Date:23/May/2017 | 05:20

Researchers see possible North Korea link to global cyber attack

EghtesadOnline: Cyber security researchers have found technical evidence they said could link North Korea with the global WannaCry "ransomware" cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries since Friday.

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Publish Date:16/May/2017 | 06:01

North Korea n test missile "fizzles" hours before Pence arrives in South

EghtesadOnline: A North Korea n missile "blew up almost immediately" on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence landed in South Korea for talks on the North's increasingly defiant arms program.

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Publish Date:16/April/2017 | 11:38

N. Korea Threatens US Navy

EghtesadOnline: North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region on Tuesday, warning it is ready for “war” as Washington tightens the screws on the nuclear-armed state.

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Publish Date:12/April/2017 | 08:16

North Korea calls U.S. strikes on Syria 'unforgivable'

EghtesadOnline: North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were "an unforgivable act of aggression" that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was "the right choice a million times over".

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Publish Date:09/April/2017 | 05:00

Trump’s Xi Summit Tests His Promise to Win on Trade, North Korea

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump gets his chance Thursday to confront the leader of a nation he blames for stealing millions of U.S. jobs and enabling North Korea ’s march toward a nuclear missile.

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Publish Date:06/April/2017 | 19:52

'Tough' Tillerson Will Help on North Korea , China Oilman Says

EghtesadOnline: As the head of Exxon Mobil, Rex Tillerson had a knack for doing deals in China, according to Fu Chengyu, the former chairman of Asia’s biggest oil refiner.

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Publish Date:05/April/2017 | 05:17

North Korea has no fear of U.S. sanctions move, will pursue nuclear arms - envoy

EghtesadOnline: North Korea has nothing to fear from any U.S. move to broaden sanctions aimed at cutting it off from the global financial system and will pursue "acceleration" of its nuclear and missile programs, a North Korea n envoy told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 06:28

North Korea engine test may be prelude to partial ICBM flight

EghtesadOnline: North Korea has likely mastered the technology to power the different stages of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and may show it off soon, analysts say, but it is likely still a long way from being able to hit the mainland United States.

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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 22:23

China Pushes Back on U.S. Talk of ‘All Options’ Over North Korea

EghtesadOnline: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pushed back against the tougher U.S. line on North Korea , reiterating his country’s view that the only way to rein in its reclusive neighbor is through talks.

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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 24:32

North Korea spy agency runs arms operation out of Malaysia, U.N. says

EghtesadOnline: It is in Kuala Lumpur's "Little India" neighborhood, behind an unmarked door on the second floor of a rundown building, where a military equipment company called Glocom says it has its office.

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Publish Date:27/February/2017 | 06:28

U.S. deploys high-tech radar amid heightened North Korea rhetoric: official

EghtesadOnline: A high-tech sea-based U.S. military radar has left Hawaii to monitor for potential North Korea n intercontinental ballistic missile test launches, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.

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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 09:03

North Korea says can test-launch ICBM at any time: KCNA

EghtesadOnline: North Korea said on Sunday it can test launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at any time from any location set by leader Kim Jong Un, saying the United States' hostile policy was to blame for its arms development.

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Publish Date:08/January/2017 | 14:01

North Korea 's claim on ICBM test plausible: experts

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.

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Publish Date:02/January/2017 | 17:26

Trump's national security adviser vows to tackle North Korea nuclear threat: Yonhap

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser says North Korea 's nuclear program would be given a high priority under the new administration, a South Korean official who held talks with him said on Saturday.

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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 05:24

U.S. detects failed North Korea n missile test: Pentagon

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. military detected a failed North Korea n test launch of an intermediate ballistic missile, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

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Publish Date:16/October/2016 | 06:16

U.S., China Said to Discuss Choking Off North Korea Energy

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. and China are locked in negotiations over curbing North Korea ’s energy trade in response to its fifth nuclear test last month, according to four diplomats from United Nations Security Council countries with direct knowledge of the talks.

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Publish Date:08/October/2016 | 09:32