The Latest Breaking News from Pyongyang

North Korea fired a series of artillery shots over the weekend, Seoul's military said, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to use "power for power" to defend the country's sovereignty. The South Korean military detected "several flight trajectories" that are understood to be shots from North Korean artillery, Seoul's…

China's U.N. envoy said on Thursday that Beijing does not want to see North Korea carry out a new nuclear test, which is partly why China vetoed a U.S.-led bid to impose new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang over renewed ballistic missiles launches.

A recent survey of South Koreans indicates that cyberattacks are viewed as a threat comparable to nuclear weapons, particularly among the elderly.

The German government strongly condemns North Korea's testing of short-range ballistic missiles and calls on Pyongyang to cease from further tests, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson in a statement on Wednesday.

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim said on Tuesday that North Korean officials have used rhetoric that could suggest they plan to use tactical nuclear weapons, after Pyongyang launched an "unprecedented" number of ballistic missiles this year.

Warning comes amid growing concern that Pyongyang is preparing for its first nuclear weapons test since 2017.

North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles Sunday, pushing it to a record number of launches in a single year under Kim Jong Un, who appears ready to further ratchet up tensions with his first test of a nuclear device since 2017.

Pyongyang’s 18th round of missile tests this year comes after US aircraft carrier leads exercises in the Philippine Sea

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast Sunday, South Korea's military said, a day after Seoul and Washington completed their first joint drills involving a US aircraft carrier in more than four years. Pyongyang has doubled down on upgrading its weapons program this year, despite…

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Sunday in an exercise that adds to its record pace of launches for the year, and as the U.S. warned Pyongyang may soon conduct its first nuclear weapons test since 2017.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as London kicked off celebrations to mark her 70 years on the throne, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said. London and Pyongyang established diplomatic relations in 2000 and have maintained their respective embassies, despite North Korea's worsening…