Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected an "important" tank factory and emphasized the need to upgrade the overall armored weapon systems in a "short span of time," state media reported on ...

Kim Jong Un said producing cutting-edge tanks ... Kim’s visit comes amid a broader push to modernize North Korea’s conventional armed forces in addition to its nuclear and missile arsenals.

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has emphasized the need to develop new tanks, according to a report by state media. During an inspection of a major tank factory, Kim reviewed various tanks ...

SEOUL, May 4 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected an "important ... Kim’s visit comes amid a broader push to modernize North Korea’s conventional armed forces in addition ...

2025), North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un had decided to dispatch troops to “annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in cooperation with t ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and ...

KCNA Photo North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating the ... near a large hull submarine under construction. North Korea’s two Amnok class corvettes, along with Choe Hyon are ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on his navy to accelerate ... The tests have not been independently verified. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Ministry of National Defense did ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered steps to be taken to ... he oversaw the first day of a two-day weapons test of North Korea’s latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon.

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered navy vessels ... the nuclear armament of the Navy”, it added. North Korea has previously said the vessel was equipped with the ...