North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a drill simulating what Pyongyang is calling a “nuclear counterattack” – involving multiple rocket launchers. It comes a day after South Korea said the North fired short-range missiles into the East Sea. The missiles flew around 300 kilometres from the Pyongyang area, splashing down east of the Korean peninsula. This marks Pyongyang’s second launch in less than a week and is seen as a warning signal as the US and South Korea carry out joint military exercises. Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim joins us live from South Korea’s capital Seoul to discuss the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on […]
South Korea alerts of North Korea’s weapon advancements. Pyongyang’s recent test of a “new strategic cruise missile” and a hypersonic missile raise tensions. Farmers living near the DMZ dread conflict hampering work and causing population decline. Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim reports from Cheorwon, South Korea. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #DMZ #KoreanPeninsulaTension #KoreanConflict #KoreaTension #KoreanUnification #AlJazeeraEnglish
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to prepare its nuclear arsenal in case war breaks out with South Korea and the US. Addressing a meeting of the ruling party, he said a peaceful reunification with the South can never be achieved. Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim reports from Seoul, South Korea. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #KimJongUn #KoreanPeninsulaTension #Pyongyang #KoreanConflict #KoreaTension #AlJazeeraEnglish
North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party says its first military satellite launch was “the gravest failure”. The rocket carrying the satellite plunged into the sea because of a technical problem last month. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #NorthKorea #US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an “exponential” increase in the production of nuclear warheads and ordered the development of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to counter the United States and South Korea. Kim’s statement was released on state media on Sunday, hours after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast in a rare late-night New Year’s Day weapons test. During his comments at a key meeting of the ruling Worker’s Party, Kim accused Washington and Seoul of carrying out a “plot to isolate and stifle” North Korea, calling it “unparalleled in human history”, according to the official Korean Central News Agency […]
As the world slowly begins to reopen after COVID-19 related lockdowns, the Asia-Pacific region is witnessing an intensifying arms race. One of Asia’s biggest markets for arms dealers and their clients, the militaries shopping for the latest technology and weapons, kicks off this week in South Korea. At the Seoul ADEX trade show, leaders in defence ministries and officials from 28 countries will look to strike deals as the world starts to move on after the pandemic. This rising interest in weaponry comes at a crucial time for the Asia Pacific region. North Korea just last week put on a show of its latest weapons systems – pledging to build […]
