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Seoul: N. Korea fired old ICBM, not new big one, last week

South Korea has dismissed North Korea’s claim to have launched a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile last week

The Independent UK

Biden, Singapore's Lee call for North Korea's return to nuclear talks

U.S. President Joe Biden and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, after talks at the White House, urged North Korea on Tuesday to halt its ballistic missile launches and return to negotiations over its weapons programs.

Reuters

N.Korea's Kim calls for ramping up ideological campaigns amid 'worst difficulties'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a propaganda campaign to increase popular support for the country's ideology of self-reliance amid "the worst difficulties," state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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North Korea signals it’s preparing for a nuclear test, exploiting US-Russia rift

North Korea looks set to detonate its first nuclear bomb in more than four years, as the United States' sanctions disputes with Russia and China make further United Nations penalties against the country unlikely.

Tribune News Service

Daily Dose Ep 1005: Fuel prices hiked again, Bharat Bandh, exams amid hijab row

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Delhi, Karnataka, Goa and North Korea.

Newslaundry

Ostracised, angry and going backwards, Russia is the new North Korea

Sanctions don’t always have the intended consequences. Overthrowing malevolent regimes can be tricky precisely because the regimes are malevolent. Presidents and their henchmen can simply impose economic pain on their people while continuing to dine on black market champagne and caviar. Admittedly, the people may eventually rise up and oust…

Evening Standard

Analysts investigate possibility of N.Korea missile test 'deception'

Reports suggest North Korea's biggest missile test ever may not have been what it seemed, raising new questions over the secretive country's banned weapons programme.

Reuters

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North Korea's Kim Vows 'Overwhelming' Military Power

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to build up "overwhelming" and unstoppable military power, state media reported Monday, days after he presided over the nation's biggest missile launch. Kim's comments follow Pyongyang successfully carrying out the launch in defiance of crippling international sanctions on Thursday, the first time…

Asharq Al-Awsat

N. Korea's Kim vows to develop more powerful means of attack

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to develop more powerful means of attack, days after its most serious missile launch in more than four years

The Independent UK

Kim Jong-un in chilling threat about North Korea's 'formidable striking capabilities'

Kim Jong-un made the statement when meeting with North Korean officials, scientists, technicians and workers who contributed to a missile launch on Thursday

Daily Mirror

Kim says N.Korea will keep developing 'formidable striking capabilities' - KCNA

North Korea will continue to develop "formidable striking capabilities" that cannot be bartered or sold for anything, leader Kim Jong Un said, according to state media on Monday, as he visited workers involved with the country's biggest missile test.

Reuters

North Korea may be preparing for nuclear test soon – report

‘Shortcut’ tunnel at Punggye-ri nuclear testing centre could see it operational within a month, sources tell South Korean news agency

The Guardian - AU

Pyongyang missile video draws sceptical second look

SEOUL: The “monster” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shown this week in North Korean state media after the country’s biggest test-fire ever is likely from an earlier launch, analysts said after examining the images and video.

Bangkok Post

Analysts say images of 'monster' North Korean ICBM may have been from earlier launch

The "monster" Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) shown this week in North Korean state media after the country's biggest test-fire ever is likely from an earlier launch, analysts said after examining the images and video.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Has 'Likely More in Store' after Missile Test, Says US

North Korea likely has "more in store" after successfully test-firing its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile, a top US official said Friday, as Washington called for tougher international sanctions at the UN Security Council. Thursday's launch was the first time Pyongyang has fired Kim Jong Un's most powerful missiles at full…

The Independent UK

China, Russia cool to US aim for more N. Korea sanctions

North Korea's test of a big new intercontinental ballistic missile is prompting the United States to press for stiffer U.N. sanctions

Tribune News Service

US calls on UN to strengthen North Korea sanctions after missile test

The U.S. called on the United Nations to “update and strengthen” sanctions on North Korea following the country’s launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile since November 2017.

Reuters

U.S. pushes to 'update, strengthen' U.N. sanctions on North Korea

The United States will push the U.N. Security Council to "update and strengthen" international sanctions on North Korea over its "increasingly dangerous provocations," the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Friday.

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U.S., Japanese, South Korean officials condemn North Korea's missile launch -State Dept

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim joined Japanese and South Korean officials in condemning Pyongyang's ballistic missile launch, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday.

Reuters

U.S. urges China and Russia to send strong message to North Korea after missile launch

China and Russia should tell North Korea to avoid more "provocations" after it resumed intercontinental ballistic missile testing this week, U.S. State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

The new arms race on the Korean Peninsula

Despite exaggerations and inevitable setbacks, North Korea’s missile test programme is increasingly impressive.

Reuters

Russia says it has agreed to coordinate with China on North Korea - RIA

Russia and China have agreed to coordinate closely on the situation on the Korean peninsula after North Korea's launch of a new intercontinental missile, Russia's foreign ministry was quoted as saying on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un oversees ICBM test, warns of confrontation with US

Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful launch of a new, larger intercontinental ballistic missile, in an explosive confirmation of his continued nuclear weapons development over the past four years despite international sanctions and failed talks with the U.S.

Reuters

S.Korea's President-elect asks China's Xi for cooperation after N.Korea's ICBM launch

South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for close coordination on North Korea's complete denuclearisation, Yoon's office said on Friday.

Reuters

N.Korea media give Kim Jong Un 'Top Gun' treatment in missile coverage

Sporting a shiny leather jacket and slick aviator shades, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has starred in a Hollywood-style video for Pyongyang's latest missile launch.

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