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U.S. Army's armored vehicles prepare to cross the Hantan river at a training field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires several ballistic missiles after the US and South Korea began military drills

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles into the sea. The launch Monday happened hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
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In this undated photo provided on March 8, 2025, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom right, visits a shipyard to construct warships at an undisclosed place in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time

March 8
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks in a meeting with a group of defense officials, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Trump wrote to Iran’s leader about that country’s nuclear program and expects results ‘very soon’

March 8
Protesters shout slogans during a press conference demanding to stop the upcoming Freedom Shield military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea and also demanding to investigate the cause thoroughly about fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 7, 2025. A banner reads "Stop the Freedom Shield military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea and Demand to Investigate the cause thoroughly about fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea stops some military drills after accidental bombing in possible setback to US exercises

March 7
U.S. marines participate in a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States in Pohang, South Korea, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Son Dae-sung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea and the US will begin annual military drills next week

March 6

North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time

North Korea unveils nuclear-powered submarine for the first time
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North Korea says it has test-fired strategic cruise missiles

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U.S. F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets are seen on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at a port in Busan, South Korea, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Kim’s sister threatens a response to a US carrier’s deployment in South Korea

March 4
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is escorted into a navy port in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Son Hyung-ju/Yonhap via AP)

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea after North Korea test-fired missiles

March 3
In this photo provided on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees the test firings of what it says are strategic cruise missiles off the country’s west coast Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it performed cruise missile tests, days after it vowed to respond to US threats

February 28
A TV screen at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2024, shows an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea standing in line to receive supplies from Russia. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea appears to have sent more troops to Russia to back its war against Ukraine, Seoul says

February 27
In this image made from video provided by Koryo Tours, tourist group hike up Sahyangsan in Rason, North Korea on Feb. 23, 2025. (Koryo Tours via AP)

North Korea opens to a group of international travelers for the 1st time in years

February 27
In this photo provided by the South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, top second from left, F-16 fighter jet and South Korean Air Force F-15K fighter jets, right bottom, fly over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea during a joint aerial drill between South Korea and the United States, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

South Korean and US forces conduct combined exercise involving B-1B bomber

February 20
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held during Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea slams US and Asian rivals for pursuing ‘absurd’ plans to denuclearize North

February 18
The reunion center is located at the Diamond Mountain, North Korea, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Korea Pool, File)

Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families

February 13
This photo provided Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech marking the 77th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army at the defense ministry in Pyongyang, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea’s Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program

February 10
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk together at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump says he wants to negotiate about Ukraine. It’s not clear if Putin really does

February 9
President Donald Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump tells Ishiba at the White House that he wants to slash the US trade deficit with Japan

February 7
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held during Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Preoccupied with its troops in Russia, North Korea unlikely to embrace Trump’s overture soon

February 3
Tulsi Gabbard speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy chief’s nomination fight

January 29
In this undated photo provided Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, second from top, inspects a facility that produces nuclear material at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader Kim inspects nuclear facility as Pyongyang pressures Trump administration

January 29
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, right, inspects testing of sea-to-surface strategic cruise guided weapons at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested cruise missile system and vows ‘toughest’ response to US

January 26
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate confirms Noem as Trump’s homeland security secretary

January 26
A TV screen at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea, on Oct. 21, 2024, shows an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea standing in line to receive supplies from Russia. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea prepares to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says

January 24
President-elect Donald Trump smiles after a fireworks show at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Then and now: What has changed as Trump returns to the White House

January 19
A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's missiles launch with file footage during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea launches missiles toward eastern waters in 2nd launch of year, South says

January 14
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of Tsiolkovsky, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia on Sept. 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Seoul’s spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect

January 13
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test fire of new type intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile aimed at remote Pacific targets

January 7
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held during Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea

January 6
A South Korean man watches a TV screen reporting about South Korean Kim Kuk Gi, left, and Choe Chun Gil, detained in North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, March 27, 2015. The letters read, "Detained Kim Kuk Gi, Choe Chun Gil." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

South Korean families pray for relatives who vanished into North Korean prisons a decade ago

December 30, 2024
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held during Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea’s Kim vows the toughest anti-US policy before Trump takes office

December 29, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears before the media after the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 28, 2024. (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

2024 was a year of triumphs and setbacks for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Here’s how it unfolded

December 29, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left in front, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, second right in front, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Sept. 13, 2023. Russian Federal Space Corporation Roscosmos CEO Yuri Borisov is on the left. (Artyom Geodakyan, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Researcher: North Korea can produce ballistic missiles for Russia to use against Ukraine in months

December 19, 2024
A serviceman of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine fires Giatsint-B gun towards Russian positions near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine and US say some North Korean troops have been killed fighting alongside Russian forces

December 16, 2024
The FBI in St. Louis, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, announced the indictments of 14 North Korean nationals in a scheme using IT workers who used false identities to get remote jobs with U.S. companies, then funneled their wages and other funds back to North Korea for use in weapons programs. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

North Korean nationals indicted in scheme using IT workers to funnel money for weapons programs

December 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a Time magazine Person of the Year event at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump extends unprecedented invites to China’s Xi and other world leaders for his inauguration

December 13, 2024
Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, announced charges Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, against a Chinese man in California who is accused of illegally shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea. (AP Photo/Jaime Ding)

California man charged with shipping weapons to North Korea

December 3, 2024
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