North Korea said Monday it had successfully tested a new type of rocket in its latest missile launch, as analysts said it showed an unprecedented range that brought US bases in the Pacific within reach. Sunday’s launch was of a “new ground-to-ground medium long-range strategic ballistic rocket” named the Hwasong-12, ...
The ballistic missile fired by North Korea on Sunday did not pose a threat to Russia, landing about 500 kilometers from its border, the Russian defense ministry said after Washington suggested that Moscow would be angry. “This missile launch represented no danger for the Russian Federation,” according to a defense ...