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North Korea celebrates building 10,000 modern homes in Pyongyang

North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported.

Reuters

China’s Korea envoy accuses US of ‘using’ tensions

Paris (AFP) - China's ambassador for the Korean peninsula on Friday accused the US of "using" regional tensions to reinforce an anti-Beijing alliance, after weeks of mounting rhetoric and missile tests by Pyongyang.

AFP

S Korea, Japan, US to deepen security ties amid N Korea threat

Allies condemn ‘in the strongest terms’ Pyongyang’s latest weapons test, and urge end to ‘destabilization’.

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North Korea and Japan’s difficult history

Long-term tensions between North Korea and Japan have risen dramatically after residents of Hokkaido were evacuated from their home when the hermit kingdom test-fired what could be a new type of ballistic missile.

The Week

What’s solid-fuel technology and why’s North Korea developing it?

A look at the characteristics of solid-fuel technology and how it can help North Korea improve its missile systems.

Al Jazeera

North Korea tests new inter-continental missile thought to be its most powerful

Kim Jong Un said the test would ‘strike extreme uneasiness and horror’ into his nation’s enemies

Evening Standard

N. Korea Says It Tested New Solid-Fuel Long-Range Missile

North Korea said Friday it flight-tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, a possible breakthrough in its efforts to acquire a more powerful, harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected…

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North Korea's solid-fuel ICBM: five things to know

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea said Friday that it had successfully tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, marking a major breakthrough in Kim Jong Un's banned weapons programs.

AFP

North Korea says missile test should horrify enemies

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said its latest missile test should make enemies 'experience a clearer security crisis'.

The New Daily

North Korea tests first ever solid fuel ICBM, Hwasong-18

A longer-range solid-fuel ICBM has long been on leader Kim Jong Un’s weapons wish list.

Al Jazeera

North Korea tests a powerful new kind of missile

North Korea has successfully tested a solid-fueled ICBM, a type of missile that can be launched far more quickly than its current ones.

WEKU

Kim Jong Un watches 'most powerful' missile launch with daughter, 10, in chilling images

New images released by North Korea appear to show the country's leader seeing off his latest missile launch together with his young daughter. On Thursday a missile launch triggered an evacuation warning after fears it would fall near a Japanese isla

Daily Mirror

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM, warns of 'extreme' horror

North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to "radically promote" its forces, which experts said would facilitate missile launches with little warning.

Reuters

N. Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

North Korea says it has tested a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile intended to target the mainland U.S. North Korea’s state media said Friday its recent weapons test involved a new long-range missile powered by solid propellants, which it described as “the most powerful” piece of its growing nuclear arsenal…

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AFP

North Korea says it tested new solid-fuel ICBM

Seoul (South Korea) (AFP) - North Korea said Friday it had successfully tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, hailing it as a key breakthrough for the country's nuclear counterattack capabilities.

AFP

North Korea likely fired 'new type' of ballistic missile, Seoul says

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea likely fired a "new type" of ballistic missile Thursday that may have used advanced solid fuel, Seoul's military said, representing a potential technical breakthrough for Pyongyang's banned weapons programmes.

AFP

North Korea fires 'medium range or longer' ballistic missile

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul's military said, prompting Japan to briefly issue a seek shelter warning to residents of the northern Hokkaido region.

The Independent UK

Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast

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North Korean leader calls for more 'practical, offensive' war deterrence

Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for expanding the country's war deterrence capabilities in a "more practical and offensive" way, state media said Tuesday, to counter what it called "frantic" aggression by the United States and South Korea.

Wales Online

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows ‘offensive’ nuclear expansion

State media has said the enhancement is due to 'frantic' military exercises from his rivals

The Independent UK

North Korean leader vows 'offensive' nuclear expansion

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to enhance his nuclear arsenal in “practical and offensive” ways

Reuters

North Korea's Kim calls for more 'practical, offensive' war deterrence

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country's war deterrence in a "more practical and offensive" manner to counter what it called moves of aggression by the U.S. and South Korea, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

North Korea cuts phone link with South, slamming ‘traitors’

North Korea appears to be purposefully cutting a communication link with South Korea as it ratchets up tensions by testing new weapons and denouncing its neighbor as a “puppet traitor” for holding military drills with the U.S.

AFP

N. Korea says tested another 'underwater nuclear attack drone'

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea claimed Saturday it had tested another underwater nuclear attack drone, in its latest response to South Korean and United States military drills, though analysts have questioned whether Pyongyang has such a weapon.

Al Jazeera

N Korea says tested another underwater nuclear attack ‘drone’

Second underwater drone test comes as Pyongyang continues efforts to expand and modernise its weaponry.

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