Senior US official warns North Korea of ‘swift and forceful response’ to nuclear test
If North Korea carries out the nuclear test, it would be the seventh coming after the last one in September 2017, and fifth since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011.
If North Korea carries out the nuclear test, it would be the seventh coming after the last one in September 2017, and fifth since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011.
Commercial satellite images show that North Korea has been restoring access to the yet unused South Portal tunnel of the Punggyeri nuclear testing site.
Firing multiple missiles toward targets almost simultaneously is known as a saturation attack, making it more difficult for Japan, the United States and South Korea to jointly…
The exercise used one missile from the US Army and seven from the South Korean military.
Australia has argued it is not unusual for it to undertake surveillance flights in the South China Sea, a region Beijing insists comes under its domain despite a 2016 Hague ruling…
The visit comes at the invitation of Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi, said ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian.
He also noted that North Korea has conducted missile provocations once every nine days on average this year alone.
The missiles flew around 110-670 kilometers at altitudes of 25-90 km with speeds of Mach 3 to 6, it added.
Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi began his tour on May 26 in the Solomon Islands and ended in Timor Leste on June 4.
The government also protested to North Korea via diplomatic channels in Beijing.