China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons fired from an area around the eastern port city of Wonsan were presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles.

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It was the first known ballistic missile test by North Korea since 10 March when it fired a number of short range missiles, ...

Seoul’s military says it has detected several projectiles it presumes to be short-range ballistic missiles fired from North ...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center ... at a train station in Seoul on May 8, 2025. AFP via Getty Images The nuclear-armed North’s ballistic missile programme is banned by United Nations ...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of a short-range ballistic missile and long-range artillery on Thursday and ...