North Korea Weapons

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  In A First, North Korea Unveils Nuclear-Powered Submarine

  North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.

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  Gunshots, Screams, Evil Laugh: North Korea's New Weapon Is Bloodcurdling Sounds

  South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.

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  Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Expanding Missile Plant: Researchers

  North Korea is expanding a key weapons manufacturing complex that assembles a type of short-range missile used by Russia in Ukraine, researchers at a US-based think tank have concluded, based on satellite images.

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  Satellite Imagery Exposes Russia Smuggling Illicit Oil To North Korea

  Despite international efforts to sanction North Korea for developing weapons of mass destruction, the country continues to receive illicit supplies of refined petroleum products. These products are crucial for manufacturing weapons.

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  Screams, Eerie Laughter: North Korea's New Weapons Against South Korea

  Gunshots, screams, eerie laughter: South Korea's border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.

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  North Korea Hasn't Perfected ICBM Warheads, US Admiral Says

  Under leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has accelerated its development of missiles and nuclear weapons, and ratcheted up aggressive rhetoric against South Korea.

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  "Noise Bombing": North Korea's New Weapon Drives South Koreans "Crazy"

  North Korea has begun blasting eerie, unsettling sounds across the border into South Korea, tormenting villagers and disrupting daily life.

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  Why Is North Korea Blowing Up Roads, Railways To The South?

  Dynamiting inter-Korea roads and railways. Threatening war over drone incursions and moving nuclear-capable weapons to the border. North Korea appears very unhappy with the South at the moment.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un Threatens Use Of Nuclear Weapons If Attacked

  North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said his forces would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if Pyongyang's territory was attacked by the South and its ally the United States, state media reported on Friday.

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  North Korea Publicly Discloses Uranium Enrichment Facility For 1st Time

  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for self-defence, the state media said on Friday.

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  Kim Jong Un Says North Korea To Increase Number Of Nuclear Weapons

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons "exponentially," state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

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  North Korean Ballistic Missiles Have Range Of 110 Km, Aimed At Seoul

  Ballistic missile launchers that North Korea has said it plans to deploy on the border with South Korea are believed to have a range of 110 km (68 miles), allowing them to target Chungcheong Province south of Seoul, the Yonhap news agency reported.

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  North Korea's Kim Jong Un Unveils New Suicide Drones After Performance Test

  North Korea has unveiled a new "suicide drone", state media said Monday, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing a performance test of the weapons, which experts said could have come from Russia.

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  Kim Jong Un Deploys 250 Ballistic Missiles On North Korea's South Border

  The olive green mobile launchers were displayed during a special "transferring" ceremony in the capital Pyongyang on Sunday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. The missile launchers were an "up-to-date tactical attack weapon" said Kim.

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  North Korean Hackers Trying To Steal Military Secrets, Say US, Allies

  North Korean hackers have conducted a global cyber espionage campaign to try to steal classified military secrets to support Pyongyang's banned nuclear weapons programme, the United States, Britain and South Korea said in a joint advisory on Thursday