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North Korea says it has tested a new underwater attack drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. A report by the North Korean State news agency, KCNA, says the drone system, called "Haeil", or tsunami, is intended to make sneak…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the country to stand ready to conduct nuclear attacks against the U.S. and South Korea. Kim accused the U.S. and South Korea of expanding joint military drills involving American nuclear…

The leaders of Japan and South Korea have pledged to work together to counter regional security challenges. Both leaders promised to turn the page on years of animosity at a summit on Thursday between South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol and…

South Korea and Japan may be near resolving a dispute over colonial-era forced labour that has overshadowed political and trade relations between the two neighbours, with media reports saying Seoul could announce plans on Monday. The…

The United States and South Korea have concluded plans to conduct large-scale military drills, including amphibious landings, from March 13-23. Officials from the two countries said in a statement released at a briefing in Seoul on…

North Korea has fired four strategic cruise missiles in a nuclear counterattack drill. According to state media reports, the exercise on Thursday involved an apparently operational strategic cruise missile unit of the Korean People's…

South Korea has announced new sanctions targeting North Korea’s weapons programmes following Pyongyang’s latest missile launches. The measures target four individuals and five entities, including a South African national and two…

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, has warned against the increased presence of U.S. strategic military assets following the joint air drills with its Asian allies over the weekend, saying the reclusive…

The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a "sudden launching drill".…

North Korea has threatened "unprecedentedly persistent, strong" response as the United States and South Korea gear up for annual military exercises as part of efforts to fend off the North's growing nuclear and missile threats. "In case…