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  North Korea launches missile toward sea after US-South Korea drills

  World | October 08, 2022 23:34 IST

  The Japanese government said North Korea fired what was a possible ballistic missile. The Japanese coast guard said it has warned ships around the country’s coasts about falling objects and urged them to stay away.

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  South Korea launches 30 military planes after North Korea flies 12 warplanes near border

  World | October 06, 2022 16:35 IST

  South Korea's military says eight North Korean fighter jets and four bombers flew in formation. It says the North Korean planes were believed to have conducted air-to-surface firing drills. It says South Korea responded by scrambling 30 warplanes.

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  North Korea fires two missiles toward sea as US redeploys carrier

  World | October 06, 2022 7:43 IST

  North Korea has fired six rounds of weapons in less than two weeks, which has prompted condemnation from the United States and other countries.

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  North Korea sends missile soaring over Japan in escalation

  World | October 04, 2022 12:22 IST

  It was the most significant missile test by North Korea since January, when it fired an Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile capable of reaching the US territory of Guam.

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  North Korea test-fired short range ballistic missile toward sea, says South Korea

  World | September 25, 2022 7:41 IST

  North Korea has dialed up its testing activities to a record pace in 2022, testing more than 30 ballistic weapons, including its first intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017, as it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a prolonged stalemate in nuclear diplomacy.

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  What help are North Korean weapons to Russia? Explained

  World | September 07, 2022 19:02 IST

  Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan “fake.” But U.S. officials say it shows Russia’s desperation with the war in Ukraine and that Moscow could buy additional military hardware from North Korea.

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  Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea: US official

  World | September 06, 2022 9:04 IST

  Russia Ukraine war: U.S. intelligence officials believe that the Russians could look to purchase additional North Korean military equipment in the future.

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  North Korea says new fever cases were flu, not COVID-19

  World | August 26, 2022 7:12 IST

  North Korea maintains it has had no confirmed coronavirus cases since August 10, when leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over the virus, just three months after the country acknowledged an omicron outbreak.

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  North Korea dismisses Seoul's aid-for-disarmament offer

  World | August 19, 2022 8:46 IST

  Tensions could further rise as the United States and South Korea kick off their biggest combined training in years next week to counter the North Korean threat.

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  Kim Jon Un's sister triggers tears in North Korea as she speaks of his 'high fever' during pandemic

  World | August 11, 2022 23:23 IST

  North Korea first suggested in July that its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with objects carried by balloons launched from South Korea — a questionable claim that appeared to be an attempt to blame its rival.

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  North Korea claims victory over COVID-19; blames Seoul for outbreak, warns of 'deadly counteraction'

  World | August 11, 2022 7:17 IST

  North Korea on May 12 admitted to a COVID-19 outbreak, saying an unspecified number of people in Pyongyang were diagnosed with the omicron variant.

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  North Korea calls Pelosi 'destroyer of international peace'

  World | August 06, 2022 9:12 IST

  After Pelosi visited Taiwan and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to defending democracy on the self-governing island, North Korea on Wednesday issued a statement berating the US and supporting China, its main ally and biggest aid benefactor.

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  North Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID wave

  World | June 16, 2022 13:00 IST

  Such diseases routinely occur in North Korea, which lacks good water treatment facilities and whose public healthcare infrastructure largely remains broken since the mid-1990s.

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  South Korea says North completed preparations for new nuclear test

  World | June 14, 2022 13:45 IST

  A possible new nuclear test by North Korea would be the seventh of its kind. Some experts say North Korea will likely use the test to build warheads to be mounted on tactical nuclear weapons aimed at hitting targets in South Korea.

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  US, South Korea fly 20 fighter jets amid North Korea tensions

  World | June 07, 2022 12:44 IST

  North Korea may soon up the amp as U.S. and South Korean officials say the country is all but ready to conduct another detonation at its nuclear testing ground in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri.

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  US, South Korea fire 8 ballistic missiles to sea in retaliation to North Korea’s launches

  World | June 06, 2022 8:19 IST

  The United States has vowed to push for additional international sanctions if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, but the prospects for meaningful new punitive measures are dim with the UN Security Council’s permanent members divided.

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  COVID getting worse, not better in North Korea: World Health Organization

  World | June 02, 2022 8:18 IST

  At a briefing on Wednesday, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr Mike Ryan appealed to North Korean authorities for more information about COVID outbreak there, saying “we have real issues in getting access to raw data and to the actual situation on the ground.”

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  India votes for US-sponsored UNSC resolution to raise N Korea sanctions, China, Russia veto it

  India | May 27, 2022 23:03 IST

  The US launched the unsuccessful effort on Thursday to punish North Korea which had tested three missiles on Wednesday after US President Joe Biden had wrapped up a visit to South Korea and Japan.

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  China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea

  World | May 27, 2022 9:41 IST

  A united Security Council imposed sanctions after North Korea’s first nuclear test explosion in 2006 and tightened them over the years in a total of 10 resolutions seeking- so far unsuccessfully- to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and cut off funding.

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  North Korea fights Covid with traditional medicines

  World | May 19, 2022 17:43 IST

  Despite what the North’s propaganda is describing as an all-out effort, the fear is palpable among citizens, according to defectors in South Korea with contacts in the North, and some outside observers worry the outbreak may get much worse, with much of an impoverished, unvaccinated population left without enough hospital care and struggling to afford even simple medicine.