Missiles
Information related to the North Korean missile program
US, ROK conduct live-fire drills in simulated response to North Korean invasion
Exercises are largest ever by combined army division and featured tanks, Hellfire missiles and multiple rocket launchers
Yoon Suk-yeol seeks record defense budget to counter North Korean threats
4.6% increase in South Korean military spending comes despite administration’s belt-tightening policy
Yoon warns of evolving North Korean threats during visit to wartime bunker
South Korean president’s visit to bunker used as command post during conflict comes amid joint US-ROK military drills
North Korean propagandists condemn US-ROK military drills as prep for invasion
Higher-level state media has yet to comment on Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, which allies say are defensive in nature
Seoul can’t provide security guarantees to North Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol says
But ROK president adds that South Korea won’t try to change DPRK ‘by force,’ as he marks 100 days in office
North Korea fires two cruise missiles toward Yellow Sea: Seoul
First-known DPRK missile test in months comes as Yoon Suk-yeol marks 100 days in office and ahead of joint US-ROK drills
US, ROK, Japan wrap up missile tracking drills in response to DPRK threats
Expert says Seoul’s willingness to share intel with Tokyo a ‘breath of fresh air’ after years of mutual animosity
North Korea’s ‘strengthened rhetoric’ around nukes concerning, US says
State Department comments follow DPRK threats to ‘exterminate’ South Korean leaders and use nuclear weapons if attacked
Refuting China, South Korea says THAAD interceptors not up for ‘negotiation’
Presidential office says missile battery to defend against North Korean threats a matter of ‘security and sovereignty’
South Korea, China won’t let THAAD be ‘stumbling block’ in relationship: Beijing
Two sides offer conflicting accounts of talks on interceptors and North Korean denuclearization after top diplomats meet
