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Seoul (AFP) - South Korea reported a record of more than 600,000 coronavirus cases Thursday, with authorities saying the country was near the peak of an Omicron-fuelled infection wave.

North Korea's state media was silent Thursday after a suspected missile test ended in what Seoul said was total failure, exploding mid-air in the skies above the capital Pyongyang almost immediately after launch. The North test-fired what was most likely a ballistic missile from the Sunan area of the capital,…

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's state media was silent Thursday after a suspected missile test ended in what Seoul said was total failure, exploding mid-air in the skies above the capital Pyongyang almost immediately after launch.

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile that exploded mid-air shortly after launch, Seoul said Wednesday, with analysts warning it was likely a failed test of Pyongyang's so-called "monster missile". The launch -- North Korea's tenth suspected weapons test this year -- comes after the United States said the nuclear-armed…

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea reported more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a new record, as the country continues to ease restrictions despite the Omicron-fuelled wave of infections.

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile that exploded mid-air shortly after launch, Seoul said Wednesday, with analysts warning it was likely a failed test of Pyongyang's so-called "monster missile".

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired a projectile Wednesday but the launch appears to have immediately failed, Seoul said, with analysts warning it was likely a test of Pyongyang's so-called "monster missile".

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea fired an "unidentified projectile" Wednesday but the launch appears to have immediately failed, Seoul said, after the US said it was ramping up missile defences in response to a record-breaking string of tests.

After winning last week's presidential election, South Korean conservative Yoon Suk Yeol will enter office facing a quickly growing North Korean nuclear threat — and with few easy choices to deal with it

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un called for the "expansion" of a key satellite station, state media said Friday, as the US threatened fresh sanctions over two recent missile tests it said were "disguised" as a space launch.

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea has been using satellite subterfuge to test parts of a so-called "monster" missile, analysts say, as it gears up for a sanctions-shattering launch ahead of a key domestic anniversary.