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Latest "North Korea missiles" stories
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North Korean launch apparently ends in failure, South Korea says
The launch was made from the Pyongyang region around 9:30 a.m. before the apparent failure, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
North Korea says it will never give up nukes unless US removes threat
North Korea's stance may put future talks with the U.S. in jeopardy.
Small question, big consequences: Is North Korea a nuclear power?
Pyongyang can probably arm its short- and mid-range missiles with nuclear warheads, experts say, but what about long-range nukes?
US beefs up THAAD system as dozens hurt in South Korea protests
Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defense system it installed in a southern town to better cope with North Korean threats.
South Korea and Japan feel heat as North Korea aims nukes at US
As worrying as North Korea’s nuclear advance is for America, the increasingly realistic threat of an atomic warhead striking a U.S. city might be even more unnerving for South Korea and Japan. So much so that the United States is considering new ways to flex its nuclear muscle to defend its vulnerable allies as they ponder if they’ll one day need atomic arsenals of their own.
By Bradley Klapper, Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington, AP