3 years agoWhite House: North Korea's missile tests violate Security Council resolutions
3 years ago "The missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK's illicit weapons program" per @INDOPACOM "The US commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea & Japan remains ironclad"
3 years agoJapan and South Korea discuss North Korean missile launch via phone - Kyodo
3 years agoPreliminary reports indicate North Korea launched a "hypersonic" missile into the East Sea/Sea of Japan. Range: 700km/434.96 miles Apogee: 60km/196,850 feet Max Speed: Mach 10
3 years ago South Korea's military has called North Korea's missile launch a "clear" violation of UN Security Council resolutions, Yonhap reports
3 years ago North Korea's missile launched Tuesday improved compared with the one fired six days earlier: JCS
3 years agoLatest @ROK_MND statement also confirms that the missile was launched from Chagang, the same province as last week's "hypersonic" missile launch
3 years ago The FAA ordered a full ground stop at all West Coast airports on Monday, as North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan(East Sea). The stop lasted for about seven minutes.
3 years ago North Korea missile traveled more than 700 km at top altitude of 60 km at Mach 10: JCS
3 years agoSouth Korean media reporting a fighter jet has crashed in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province (that's near major military bases including US airbase at Osan)
3 years ago Some planes on the U.S. West Coast were briefly grounded for unspecified security reasons, just 20 minutes after a North Korean missile test. No word from the FAA
3 years ago NSC expresses 'strong regret' over North Korea projectile launch
3 years ago North Korea has launched an apparent ballistic missile, Japan Defense Ministry says
3 years ago North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: JCS
3 years ago MORE from @DeptofDefense on North Korea's claim re hypersonic missile: "We are consulting closely with our allies as we assess. & as we determine next steps" per spox "The US condemns the DPRK's continued testing of ballistic missiles, which are destabilizing to the region"
3 years ago .@DeptofDefense on Pyongyang's claims DPRK launched a hypersonic missile "We are aware of these reports, & we are assessing the specific nature of the recent launch event" per spox "We take any new capability seriously"
3 years ago North Korean state media confirm North Korea conducted a hypersonic missile launch Wednesday. Picture via Rodong Sinmun
3 years agoNorth Korea says its 'hypersonic missile' flew 700 km, accurately hit target
3 years ago North Korea says it test-fired 'hypersonic' missile on Wednesday
3 years ago North Korea launch - "We have every reason to believe it was a ballistic missile launch" per @PentagonPresSec
3 years agoJapanese Defense Ministry map of North Korean missile launch
3 years ago North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, authorities in Japan said, while South Korea reported the launch of an unspecified projectile
3 years ago Park Geun-hye was granted a pardon for the sake of "national harmony," says South Korea's justice ministry. South Korea's PM also cites "humanitarian grounds." Park, 69, has spent much of her prison sentence in the hospital for shoulder and back injuries
3 years agoA settlement of two cases has been reached by @USTreasury OFAC and @TDBank_US for apparent violations of the North Korea Sanctions Regulations and the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations
3 years ago US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US seeks "serious and sustained diplomacy" with North Korea
3 years ago .@SecDef calls visit to Seoul "very productive" Notes US, ROK also "agreed to explore ways to expand & enhance regional security cooperation & capacity building"
3 years ago US, South Korea "agreed to conduct a full operational capability assessment of our Future Combined Forces Command during next fall's Combined Command Post Training" per @SecDef "an important task toward meeting the conditions necessary for OPCON transition"
3 years ago US, South Korea "remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the DPRK" per @SecDef "We continue to call on the DPRK to engage in dialogue"
3 years agoThe Korean military says that 2 Chinese and 7 Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defense zone (presumably, ADIZ) without notice
3 years ago South Korean ministry takes issue with U.N. Command's news release on Panmunjom tour resumption
