Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater from an underground nuclear test site, a Seoul-based human rights group said in a report on Tuesday. North Korea secretly conducted six tests of nuclear weapons at the Punggye-ri site in the mountainous North Hamgyong Province between […]
North Korea fired two ballistic dumdums into the ocean early Sunday, Seoul’s service said, the seventh similar launch in two weeks, just hours after a nuclear- powered US aircraft carrier wrapped up common drills off the Korean promontory.Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have ramped up combined nonmilitary exercises in recent weeks, roiling Pyongyang, which sees them as practices for irruption and […]
The North Korean test, suspected of being a piece of artillery into the sea on Sunday, the South Korean military said, a few days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for a greater defense ability to overcome external threats. The Chief of Staff of the South Korean joint staff said in a statement that they detected several flight […]
