SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea declared Wednesday that its latest launch involved another “hypersonic missile,” saying leader Kim Jong Un attended what it described as a successful test. State media pictures show Kim wearing a leather jacket and peering with binoculars inside what appears to be an observation stand meant for him to observe the […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea launched another suspected ballistic missile Tuesday, its second major weapons test this year, according to the South Korean and Japanese governments. South Korea’s military said the North Korean missile appears to have demonstrated improved capabilities compared to the one Pyongyang launched last week. North Korea last Thursday claimed a successful […]
“Trump wants to do here what Orbán has done in Hungary: weaken democratic institutions, curb press freedom, and rewrite election laws to entrench his own party’s power.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rebuked former President Donald Trump Monday after the frequent admirer of dictators endorsed the reelection of Hungarian President Viktor Orbán, under whose administration Hungary’s generation-old democracy has been severely eroded. […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea conducted an apparent missile test, South Korea and Japan reported Wednesday, just days after an end-of-year speech in which leader Kim Jong Un focused on domestic economic woes rather than military advancements. North Korea fired at least one projectile toward the sea off its east coast early Wednesday, South Korea’s […]