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The South Korean military says that last week, North Korea tested Hwasong-15 from November 2017, instead of a Hwasong-17. This comes a day after the defense ministry and lawmakers also confirmed this.
2022-03-30

A bus crash in North Hwanghae, North Korea, kills 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans. A further two people are seriously injured.
2018-04-23

South Korea announces it will be raising its US$217,000 cash reward for classified information from North Korea by defectors to $860,000.
2017-03-5

In compliance with recent UN Security Council resolutons, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda announces an end to security and military cooperation with North Korea.
2016-05-29

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon demands that North Korea should cease any further nuclear activity.
2016-01-6

Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, announces that the country is now in possession of a hydrogen bomb, according to North Korean state media. Experts from South Korea however are skeptical about this claim.
2015-12-10

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, fails to show at an event marking the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, increasing speculation about his prolonged absence from public view.
2014-10-10

A senior South Korean government official says that North Korea may be preparing for its fourth nuclear test, as increased activity is detected at its main test site. However, the South Korean Defence Ministry denied having clear signs that the test may be imminent.
2013-04-8

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young says the country may consider redeploying U.S. tactical nuclear weapons after the announcement of a new nuclear uranium enrichment plant by North Korea.
2010-11-22

3 South Koreans are investigated for allegedly attempting to defect to North Korea.
2010-10-22