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North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any preconditions".
2024-03-29

The South Korean military reports that North Korea has fired a presumed long-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
2023-02-18

North Korea fires several short-range projectiles from the east coast city of Wonsan.
2019-05-4

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

The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposes new sanctions on North Korea that caps refined petroleum product imports to 500,000 barrels a year, a 90 percent cut, and demands the repatriation of North Koreans working abroad within 24 months.
2017-12-22

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

South Korea claims that North Korea has fired several missiles from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station into the Sea of Japan.
2017-03-6

South Korea claims that North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a submarine.
2016-07-9

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

The United Nations Security Council adopts the toughest sanctions on North Korea in twenty years due to continued efforts to develop a nuclear weapons program.
2016-03-2