The Latest Breaking News from Pyongyang

Launches come days after South Korea and US wrapped up military drills Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Monday, Seoul's military said, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea to meet top officials and attend a democracy summit.

South Korea says North Korea has sent Russia 6,700 containers carrying millions of munitions since September.

Moscow and Pyongyang have become closer since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine.

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul's military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un. So far this year, Kim has declared South Korea his country's "principal enemy", jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach,…

The visitors’ arrival comes as Moscow and Pyongyang bolster ties, pledging closer economic and military cooperation.

A group of Russian tourists arrived in Pyongyang on Friday, AFP reporters saw, the first known foreign tour group to visit nuclear-armed North Korea since before pandemic-linked border closures.

Relations have deteriorated as Pyongyang ramps up weapons development and Seoul bolsters ties with US, Japan.

Pyongyang is ramping up arms testing as it seeks to develop more sophisticated weaponry.