DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Monday warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States and slammed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for urging the international community to maintain sanctions on its regime. Pompeo last week told nations to “stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressure” over the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes while […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-slams-pompeo-and-says-will-walk-our-way-75002/

DefenceTalkNuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested “super-large multiple rocket launchers”, state media said on Monday, but leader Kim Jong Un was not described as commanding the drill as analysts say Pyongyang seeks to normalise its launches. With the world focused on the coronavirus pandemic and North Korea insisting it has not had a single COVID-19 case, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-says-tested-super-large-rocket-launchers-74998/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, the latest in a series of such launches by Pyongyang as the world struggles with the coronavirus pandemic. The South Korean military condemned the launches as “extremely inappropriate given the difficult situation the world is experiencing due to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-two-ballistic-missiles-into-sea-74921/

DefenceTalkIn a black fur hat and clutching binoculars, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw his latest firing drill, a move Seoul said Tuesday aimed at drawing the attention of the US and South Korea. Kim “guided another firepower strike drill of long-range artillery”, the North’s KCNA news agency reported, a day after Japan said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-seeks-attention-with-weapons-test-seoul-74743/

DefenceTalkNuclear-armed North Korea on Monday fired what Japan said appeared to be ballistic missiles, a week after a similar weapons test by Pyongyang. Analysts say the North has been continuing to refine its weapons capabilities during its long-stalled nuclear discussions with the US, which have been at a standstill since the collapse of the Hanoi […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-multiple-projectiles-souths-military-74717/

DefenceTalkSEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen a “long-range artillery” drill, state media said on Tuesday (Mar 3), after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a new weapon. Kim “guided” the drill on Monday, KCNA said. South Korea had said that North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, but […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korean-leader-kim-oversees-long-range-artillery-drill-74567/

DefenceTalkUS authorities on Monday sanctioned two Chinese citizens and accused them of of laundering more than $100 million in cryptocurrency stolen in a 2018 cyberattack linked to North Korea. Tian Yinyin and Li Jiadong are accused of working with Lazarus Group, sponsored by North Korea and blamed for the April 2018 hack of an unnamed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-sanctions-charges-two-chinese-linked-to-north-korean-cyberattack-74559/

DefenceTalkNorth Korean state media published pictures Tuesday of leader Kim Jong Un supervising what it called a “long-range artillery” drill, after Seoul said Pyongyang had launched two short-range ballistic missiles in its first weapons test for months. The images in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper included pictures of multiple launch rocket systems, and several of a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-weapons-test-was-long-range-artillery-kcna-74551/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang threatened to demonstrate a “new strategic weapon” and its deadline for Washington to offer sanctions relief expired. The launch was the nuclear-armed North’s first for more than three months and came as nuclear negotiations with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-short-range-ballistic-missiles-74523/

DefenceTalkNorth Korea fired two unidentified projectiles on Monday, the South’s military said, weeks after Pyongyang declared its moratorium on long-range missile tests over. The move comes as nuclear negotiations with the United States are at a standstill and as a unilateral deadline Pyongyang set Washington to offer it fresh concessions on sanctions relief expired. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-fires-two-unidentified-projectiles-souths-military-74499/