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Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean Supreme leader Kim Jong Un, has claimed that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested to hold a summit with the North Korean leader "at the earliest possible time" from a report made by the Korean Central News Agency. In February, Kim Jong Un claimed that he is not opposed to improving relations between North Korea and...

Test Launch On March 19th, North Korean news outlet, the Korean Central News Agency, announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised an alleged test of a multi-stage, solid-state fuel engine for a new “medium-to-long-range hypersonic missile.” The ground jet test, conducted by North Korea’s Missile General Directorate and Engine Research Institute, occurred at the Sohae Satellite Launching...

The South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff released a statement saying that North Korea launched an "unspecified ballistic missile" along its eastern coast. The launches began at approximately 7:45 a.m. local time, with both missiles traveling towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan. Japan's Defense Ministry also announced they detected a second ballistic missile launch...

South Korea and the United States ended the Freedom Shield 2024 joint exercise on Thursday, March 14th. Personnel from twelve other nations that make up the United Nations Command also participated in the exercise. The exercise began on March 4th with the objective of improving both countries’ “combined defense posture” with a focus on multi-domain operations and countering the threats...

North Korean state-owned media published several articles today purporting to show Kim Jong Un leading combined arms military exercises, most notably driving the M2020 Main Battle Tank. Their report reads below: ”After reviewing the tank crews, he mounted a new-type main battle tank, seized the control lever and drove the tank himself, adding to the high militant spirit of the...