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29 August

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for boosting the country's navy when inspecting the navy command.

Kim Calls for Boosting North Korea’s Navy

Kim Jong Un has called for boosting North Korea's navy, saying the country's waters brimmed with "the danger of a nuclear war," state media reported.

28 August

Asia Pacific

Inder Singh Bisht

North Korea Repurposing Aging Fighter Jets as Kamikaze Drones: Report

North Korea is reportedly turning hundreds of Soviet-origin MiG fighter jets into kamikaze drones as part of a military modernization project.

24 August

Space

Staff Writer With AFP

North Korea Says Spy Satellite Launch Ends in Failure, Again

North Korea said its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed, three months after the first one crashed into the ocean.

22 August

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

North Korea Plans Satellite Launch as Seoul, US Hold Drills

North Korea is planning to launch another satellite just three months after its first attempt to put a military eye in the sky failed.

20 August

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Suspected N. Korean Hackers Target S. Korea-US Drills

Suspected North Korean hackers have attempted an attack targeting a major joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington.

19 August

Air

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) has ordered the launch of the country's first spy satellite

Staff Writer With AFP

North Korea Scrambled Warplanes Over US Spy Plane ‘Intrusion’: State Media

The North Korean military said it scrambled warplanes this week in response to what it described as an intrusion by a US spy plane.

14 August

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Kim Calls for North Korea to Boost Missile Production: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a "drastic boost" in missile production during visits to key weapons factories, as South Korea and the US prepared for joint drills.

10 August

Asia Pacific

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter observing a warhead missile launch exercise simulating a tactical nuclear attack

Staff Writer With AFP

N. Korea’s Kim Dismisses Military Chief, Calls for War Preparations

North Korea's Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations "in an offensive way," including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills.

6 August

Asia Pacific