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The North Korea–Russia summit is held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, lasting for four hours. Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a reciprocal summit in North Korea.
2023-09-13

North Korea is suspected of testing an ICBM for the first time since November 2017, when they tested the Hwasong-15. The missile, which is said to be capable of reaching Guam, was launched towards the Sea of Japan.
2022-03-24

North Korea is set to allow inspections of its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, which officially closed in May 2018.
2018-10-31

North Korea celebrates its 70th anniversary with a military parade in Pyongyang with the absence of its international ballistic missiles.
2018-09-9

U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor John R. Bolton states that the United States has a plan to dismantle the nuclear weapons program of North Korea in a year.
2018-07-1

The International Criminal Court rejects a petition to investigate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for war crimes. The petition by Japanese families of alleged victims was turned down because the alleged wrongdoing predates Japan's 2007 joining of the ICC.
2018-04-6

North Korea test-launches what is presumed to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile 933 kilometers into the Sea of Japan within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone. An American expert theorizes the ICBM, which reached an altitude of 2,802 km, could potentially reach the U.S. state of Alaska.
2017-07-4

According to South Korean and United States officials, a missile test in North Korea ends in failure, with the missile exploding seconds after launch.
2017-03-22

North Korea claims to have successfully tested the engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
2016-04-9

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