Topic: North Korea

North Korea's attempted launch of a spy satellite ended in failure on Wednesday, splashing into the Yellow Sea after an "abnormal" flight, South Korea's military said.

Phone alerts and emergency sirens warning citizens to prepare for evacuation blared in Seoul early Wednesday morning as North Korea fired what it said was a "space launch vehicle" for a satellite.

Japan said Monday that it will shoot down North Korean missiles that enter its territory after Pyongyang notified Tokyo of its plan to launch a satellite between May 31 and June 11.

The United States and South Korea held their largest-ever combined live-fire exercise on Thursday at a training site just miles from the demilitarized zone as tensions remain high with nuclear-armed North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the secretive regime's first completed military reconnaissance satellite and approved the "future action plan" for its launch, state-run media reported Wednesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Victory Day holiday and said that Russia would prevail over "hostile forces," state-run KCNA reported Tuesday.

British American Tobacco has agreed to pay $629 million in fines to the U.S. government after a subsidiary pleaded guilty to violating sanctions by selling tobacco products to North Korea, the Justice Department said.

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will unveil a "major" update to America's extended nuclear deterrence commitment to its ally during their summit this week, the White House said.

North Korea's foreign minister on Friday dismissed recent calls for nuclear disarmament by the Group of Seven, claiming that the secretive regime's status as a nuclear power is "final and irreversible."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the launch of the regime's "completed" spy satellite in response to the "escalating military threat and challenge of the U.S. and [S]outh Korea," state media said Wednesday.