N. Korea Fires Missiles after Takaichi's Inauguration

Newsfrom Japan World Oct 22, 2025 13:22 (JST) Seoul/Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--North Korea appears to have launched several short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, the South Korean military said. Pyongyang is believed to have demonstrated its...

North Korea has fired ballistic missiles toward the east, Seoul says

In this photo provided by North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Worker's Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. Independent...

Major construction starts at North Korean guesthouse for visiting world leaders

Satellite imagery shows sprawling new worker camp near Kumsusan State Guesthouse as Kim Jong Un ramps up diplomacy An aerial view of the Kumsusan State Guesthouse taken during Xi Jinping's visit in June 2019 showing a building in a traditional...

N. Korea fires unidentified ballistic missile toward East Sea: JCS

North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said. In a notice sent at 8:20 a.m., the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch without providing further...

North Korea fires first ballistic missiles since South’s new president took office

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, watches a test of a new rocket engine at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (Korean Central News Agency, Korea News Service)...

North Korea fires ballistic missile towards east, South Korea says

Representational file image: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the east, South Korea’s military said on Wednesday. It did not provide details of the launch. Earlier, Yonhap news...

Nat'l Assembly speaker asks Pope Leo to visit N. Korea for peace

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik has delivered a letter to the Vatican asking Pope Leo XIV to visit North Korea to help promote peace on the Korean Peninsula, officials said Wednesday. During his meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the...

North Korea fires ballistic missile: Seoul's military

A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on December 31, 2022 after North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles according to South Korea's...

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the east, Seoul says

N Korea fires ballistic missile towards eastern waters

North Korea elevates intelligence capabilities with new unified spy agency

North Korea has transformed its Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) into the Reconnaissance Information General Bureau, creating a unified intelligence agency that integrates satellite, cyber, signals and human intelligence operations. A source in...

N Korea fires ballistic missile towards east: S Korea

N. Korea's Kim tells Lao president bilateral friendship will further advance

By Park Boram SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith that the friendship between the two countries will continue to advance across all sectors, in a recent message to him, the North's...

(3rd LD) N. Korea fires 1st ballistic missiles in 5 mths ahead of Trump's trip to APEC summit

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; ADDS paras 6-7, 9; CHANGES photos) By Lee Minji and Kim Hyun-soo SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired its first ballistic missiles in five months Wednesday, about a week before South Korea is...

BREAKING NEWS: N. Korean missile launch unlikely to affect Japan: gov't source

BREAKING NEWS: Nothing to indicate N. Korean missile fell in Japanese waters: PM Takaichi

Presidential Office Holds Emergency Security Meeting After N. Korea's Missile Launch

Photo : YONHAP News The presidential office held an emergency security meeting on Wednesday following North Korea’s launch of multiple ballistic missiles. The top office said in a press release that the Office of National Security convened the...

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters

(2nd LD) N. Korea fires 1st ballistic missiles in 5 mths ahead of Trump's trip to APEC summit

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS details in paras 7-11) By Lee Minji and Kim Hyun-soo SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired its first ballistic missiles in five months Wednesday, about a week before South Korea is scheduled to host the...

Russian students from Kursk send paper boats to thank North Korean soldiers: KCNA

Published: 22 Oct. 2025, 10:53 Russian students in North Korea floated paper lantern boats sent from students in Russia's Kursk region in the Taedong River in Pyongyang on Oct. 21, the Rodong Sinmun reported on Oct. 22. [RODONG SINMUN] Russian...