Category: North Asia Security

Francis Tuschek North Korea has test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear “counterattack” capability, the country’s state news agency KCNA reported on Friday. The missiles covered a distance of 1,587 km in an oval trajectory, taking about 2.2 hours to reach their targets, according to KCNA. This marked the fourth missile launch of the year and…

by Francis Tuschek, Staff Writer The North Korean military has ordered frontline artillery units to “get fully ready to open fire” on South Korea after drones from the South allegedly dropped propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on Sunday. The North Korean government claimed on Friday that the South flew drones carrying propaganda…