‘Dangerous and reckless’:North Korea fires missile over Japan,residents warned to take cover

‘Dangerous and reckless’:North Korea fires missile over Japan,residents warned to take cover

The launch was the most provocative weapons demonstration by North Korea this year as it ramps up missile tests to a record pace.

  • byHyung-Jin Kim,Kim Tong-Hyung andMari Yamaguchi

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North Korea fires fourth round of missile tests after US-South Korea military drills

North Korea fires fourth round of missile tests after US-South Korea military drills

The two missiles were fired eastwards from North Korea’s western coast within about 15 minutes of each other.

  • byHyung-Jin Kim andMari Yamaguchi
North Korea fires more missiles after Kamala Harris visits DMZ

North Korea fires more missiles after Kamala Harris visits DMZ

During her visit to South Korea,US Vice President Kamala Harris warned North Korea against its “destabilising” weapons activities.

  • byChoe Sang-Hun andZolan Kanno-Youngs
South Korea pounces as the once-mighty Japan struggles to innovate

South Korea pounces as the once-mighty Japan struggles to innovate

South Korean workers are on track to become wealthier and more productive than their Japanese counterparts.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Woman arrested in South Korea after bodies found in suitcases in NZ

Woman arrested in South Korea after bodies found in suitcases in NZ

Kiwi police announced on Thursday that a 42-year-old woman had been arrested on a Korean warrant,and they would seek her extradition to New Zealand.

  • byBen McKay
Seoul warns North Korea would be destroyed if it used nuclear strike laws

Seoul warns North Korea would be destroyed if it used nuclear strike laws

North Korea will likely be infuriated by the rhetoric that came days after it legislated to allow the use of its nuclear weapons preemptively.

  • byHyung-Jin Kim
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Relative of children found dead in suitcase likely in SKorea:Police

Relative of children found dead in suitcase likely in SKorea:Police

South Korean police currently have no authority to track the woman down or detain her as she remains a NZ citizen.

  • byKim Tong-hyung
Seoul to ban ‘Parasite’ type basement homes in wake of deadly floods

Seoul to ban ‘Parasite’ type basement homes in wake of deadly floods

South Korea’s capital city is planning to phase out such dwellings that came to symbolise yawning inequality in the Oscar-winning film Parasite.

  • byShinhye Kang andSeyoon Kim
Record-setting rainfall swamps South Korea’s capital,killing several

Record-setting rainfall swamps South Korea’s capital,killing several

Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea’s capital region,turning Seoul’s streets into car-clogged rivers and sending floods cascading into subway stations.

  • byKim Tong-Hyung
North Korea blames ‘alien things’ near border for COVID outbreak

North Korea blames ‘alien things’ near border for COVID outbreak

After an investigation,the Kim regime has ordered people to “vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena,and balloons”.

  • bySoo-hyang Choi
North Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting
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North Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting

Joe Biden’s visit to a massive Samsung semiconductor plant in Korea underscored a message of economic security with an eye on China and the war in Ukraine.

  • byTrevor Hunnicutt