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  • DPRK fires another short-range missile Media

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired another short-range missile between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. local time after launching a missile on Monday morning, Yonhap News Agency reported. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the ...

  • North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

    North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme. "North Korea fired one KN-02 short-range missile between 11 a.m. and 12 noon and a second one between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday. The second missile is the same type as the KN-02 short-range missile launched on Monday ...

  • DPRK says missiles launch part of normal military training for self-defense

    Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ...

  • Ban concerned about provocations after latest DPR Korea missile test Ban concerned about provocations after latest DPR Korea missile test

    19 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his concern about provocations and tensions on the Korean Peninsula following reports that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched short-range guided missiles into the sea on Saturday. The latest action comes despite repeated calls by the international community, including Mr. Ban and the United Nations Security ...

  • North Korea Test-Fires 4th Short-Range Missile

    North Korea fired its fourth short-range missile in the past two days into waters off its east coast on Sunday, despite calls for restraint from South Korea and other countries in the region, as well as the United Nations. The latest launch into the Sea of Japan, confirmed by South Korean Defense Ministry officials, follows three coastal launches on Saturday that rattled the ...

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  • North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

    North Korea has launced two short-range missiles Monday, according to data from the South Korean Ministry of Defense. Over the past few days, Pyongyang has launched a total of 6 missiles, 3 Saturday, 1 Sunday and 2 Monday. The ballistic missiles, fired into the Sea of Japan, are believed to be of the KN-02 type. Pyongyang routinely test-launches ...

  • Baku dismisses reports on North Korean arms purchases

    Information on the purchase of arms from North Korea by Azerbaijan is not true, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev said. "Such information will be studied in detail by Azerbaijan. The way this information has been included in the UN report is now being studied"- he said at a press briefing. On Saturday, the international media with reference to the ...

  • South Korea says North Korea fires 6th projectile into waters

    A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, South Korea said. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated ...

  • North Korea launches missiles off east coast for third day

    North Korea fired a short-range missile off its east coast Monday, marking the third consecutive day of launches, South Korean officials said. The North fired the missile between 11 a.m. and noon, local time, into the ocean, Yonhap News Agency reported. The country fired three missiles into the same location Saturday and a fourth Sunday. "North Korea again launched a short-range ...

  • Pyongyang fires sixth ‘missile’ in three days

    SEOUL - North Korea fired two more ';projectiles'; into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a series of drills condemned by South Korea and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. The latest firings — bringing the total to six in three days — were confirmed by a spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said it was unclear if North Korea was testing ...

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