
North Korea on Tuesday said it’s missile tests “shake the world” by taking a stand against “blind obedience” to the United States, and praised the launches as “remarkable achievements.” A statement from the hermit kingdom’s foreign ministry on its flurry of weapons tests over recent weeks said that the launches ...

North Korea confirmed on Monday that it fired a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile – an intermediate-range projectile. The launch, conducted on Sunday, intended to confirm “the accuracy, safety, and operational effectiveness of the produced Hwasong-12 type weapon system,” according to North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency. The weapon is believed ...