North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event of 2025

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

Japan, the United States and South Korea pledged Tuesday to work together to stop North Korea's efforts to raise funds through illega

Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya, his counterpart Cho Tae Yul reaffirm importance of advancing ties amid deepening political uncertainty triggered by impeached President Yoon's short-lived martial law

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss strengthening their relations in the face of increasing security challenges in the region and political tumult in the host nation.

It is the first such meeting by Tokyo's top diplomat in Asia's fourth-biggest economy for more than six years. Cho said the ministers had "expressed strong concerns over North Korea's nuclear and missile development", in particular Pyongyang's growing ...

North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles Ahead of Trump ... Yoshimasa Hayashi said he was aware of the missile test, and Tokyo was taking all possible measures to respond through close cooperation ...

North Korea said the Jan. 6 test was a new hypersonic ... s efforts to strengthen security cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo, which he described as a “nuclear military bloc for aggression.”

South Korea’s slide into constitutional chaos echoes dysfunction in the U.S.—and promises headaches for Washington.