South Korea fired warning shots after North Korea border crossing
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea’s military fired warning shots after around 20 North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border at the weekend, Seoul officials said, amid a recent rise in tension over Pyongyang’s launch of balloons carrying trash into the South. The breach occurred at around 12:30pm on Sunday when the North Korean troops […]
North Korea sends 600 more trash balloons over border, South says
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea sent some 600 balloons carrying trash into South Korea overnight, Seoul said on Sunday, in Pyongyang’s latest move to rile its rival neighbour. The balloons carrying garbage such as cigarette butts, cloth, paper waste and plastic were found across the capital from 8pm to 10am, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs […]
North Korea’s Kim orders new ICBM, bigger nuclear arsenal amid tension
Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to counter US-led threats, state media said on Sunday, amid flaring tension between the rival Koreas. At a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party, Kim highlighted the need to secure “overwhelming military power” to […]
North Korea fires 23 missiles, one landing off South Korean coast for first time
Updated: 9:50am, 3rd November, AEST Seoul, South Korea Reuters North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 kilometres off South Korea’s coast, which South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol described as “territorial encroachment” and Washington denounced as “reckless”. It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near […]