Jan 23, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be taking the Korean Peninsula closer to armed conflict, analysts have warned, amid intensifying nuclear threats and tests.

5 days ago · North Korea has unveiled for the first time what it says is a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US.

Aug 10, 2023 · HONG KONG — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed his country's top general and ordered the military to step up war preparations “in an offensive way,” state media reported Thursday.

Aug 12, 2023 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to sharpen its war plans and signed off on expanding combat operations of frontline units, state media said Thursday, as the United...

Dec 28, 2023 · SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he...

Aug 10, 2023 · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to sharpen its war plans and signed off on expanding combat operations of frontline units, state media said Thursday, as the United States and South Korea prepare for a large-scale combined military exercise.

Jan 21, 2024 · North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells in waters near South Korean border islands on Jan. 5. Last week, it said it no longer regarded the South as inhabited by “fellow countrymen” but...

Jan 18, 2024 · In late 2023, the South Korean National Intelligence Service warned that North Korea was likely “to engage in unexpected military and cyber provocations” in 2024. Then, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told his people “to prepare for war with the United States” in 2024.

Feb 10, 2025 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country ... “Referring to a series of new plans for rapidly bolstering all deterrence including nuclear forces, he clarified once again the unshakable policy of more highly developing the nuclear forces ...

5 days ago · In 2023, North Korea announce d the completion of a “tactical nuclear attack submarine.” It was a remodeled Soviet-era diesel-powered vessel that it said was capable of launching nuclear missiles.