North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong says intermediate-range missile test was conducted
- On Oct 3, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, confirmed her country conducted an intermediate-range missile test that flew more than 700 kilometers toward the sea off its east coast.
- Kim Yo Jong's Oct 2 statement dismissed Seoul's demand for an apology over North Korean mines that injured soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone, a heavily fortified area between the two Koreas.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the drill, which was carried out by "a firepower sub-unit undertaking an exclusive special mission," according to his sister Kim Yo Jong.
- Kim Yo Jong claimed the missile utilized a "wave-like trajectory mode" to evade tracking and asserted "there is no way to avoid this attack," though she provided no evidence.
- North Korea has launched missile tests on more than 10 occasions so far this year, often following protests against joint military drills conducted by Seoul and Washington.
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NK leader's sister says intermediate-range strategic missile was launched during firing drill
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Saturday the country fired an intermediate-range strategic missile during a firing drill conducted earlier in the day. "At dawn of this morning, a drill of firing a strategic weapon toward the East Sea of Korea was conducted," Kim Yo-jong said in an announcement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "An intermediate-range strategic missile was used for the drill," she said. …
North Korea tests evasive missile as border mine tensions rise
North Korea said it tested a strategic intermediate-range missile under Kim Jong Un's supervision. The launch deepened tensions after border mine blasts, with Seoul, Tokyo and Washington stepping up vigilance.
The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, oversees military testing on March 29, 2026. KCNA via Reuters North Korea announced, on Saturday (3), that it tested an intermediate-range missile with embedded artificial intelligence. AI made its own decisions on the course of the artifact, according to a statement signed by Kim Yo-jong, sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. With the help of AI, the missile launched on Saturday "was able to cha…
The DPRK military has tested a medium-range strategic missile with advanced flight trajectory technology, announced on Saturday the North Korean leader's sister, who is the head of the Korean Labour Party's Central Department, Kim Yee Jung." Every time we activate the wave trajectory of the missile, the enemy cannot trace it after the first change of course, the Western media are quoted as Kim Ye Jung.
Kim Yee-jung, the head of the CDC of the Korean Labour Party, stated that the enemy detection systems were unable to track North Korean missiles. North Korean missiles were lost when using a wave-shaped flight trajectory, transmitted RIA News to RIA. "When a wave flight was used, the enemy lost its target after the first re-entry," says Kim Ye Jeong. Ona's statement noted the discrepancies in the assessments: South Korea determined the range of …
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong says intermediate-range missile test was conducted
SEOUL, Oct 3 (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said in a statement on Saturday that her country had tested an intermediate-range strategic missile. The South Korean military said earlier on Saturday tha...
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