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Will Trump's call to resume nuclear testing fuel a US-China arms race?
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/11/2025
» US President Donald Trump's call to "immediately" resume testing of nuclear weapons, citing Beijing and Moscow's rapid nuclear build-up, could drive China to "accelerate" its own efforts to develop its strategic forces, according to analysts.
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles, first launch in months
AFP, Published on 22/10/2025
» SEOUL — North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Wednesday, its first such launch in months and just a week before world leaders, including United States President Donald Trump, descend on South Korea for a summit.
NKorea test-fires sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile: KCNA
AFP, Published on 26/01/2025
» SEOUL - North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding that the weapons "precisely" hit their targets.
North Korea fires intercontinental ballistic missile
Reuters and Kyodo News, Published on 31/10/2024
» North Korea said on Thursday that it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in the morning on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, with the test demonstrating the credibility of the country's "most powerful strategic deterrent."
Japan sends first warship through Taiwan Strait, defying China
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/09/2024
» TAIPEI - Three United States allies sent warships through the Taiwan Strait in a rare defiance of China in those waters, on the same day Beijing fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in 44 years.
US-Canada military 'tracks' Santa for 68th year
AFP, Published on 24/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long tradition of tracking Santa's whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town.
North Korea's Kim warns Washington as biggest ICBM launched
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to accelerate his country's nuclear build-up and warned Washington against making a "wrong decision" after overseeing the launch of the country's most powerful ballistic missile, state media said Tuesday.
Pyongyang launches suspected ballistic missile
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile, the Japanese defence ministry and South Korean military said late Wednesday, hours after the United States separately deployed B-1B bombers for allied air drills.
Kim Jong Un oversees military parade with new drones, ICBMs
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» PYONGYANG: Flanked by visiting Russian and Chinese officials, Kim Jong Un oversaw a North Korean military parade featuring new attack drones and Pyongyang's nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), state media reported Friday.
Russian, Chinese officials to visit North Korea
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea will this week welcome Russia’s defence minister and a high-level Chinese delegation to Pyongyang for Korean War armistice anniversary celebrations, state media said Tuesday, marking a key shift in the nuclear-armed country’s stringent Covid-19 border restrictions.