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Mar 25, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: North Korea's state-run television shows edited footage of Kim Jong Un guiding the test-launch of what the country referred to as the Hwasong-17 ICBM.

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(Video: KCTV) NEW: North Korea's state-run television shows the moment the country's military officials count down from 10 before they push what appears to be the launch button for Thursday's ICBM.

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Jan 17, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: North Korea fires projectile towards East Sea. More details as they emerge @nknewsorg NEW: North Korea conducts fourth missile test in just two weeks. Follow emerging story here:

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Jan 14, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
BREAKING: North Korea's Friday missile test was of its train-mounted ballistic missiles. It was conducted by the Railway-borne Missile Regiment of North Phyongan Province, with leader Kim Jong Un not reportedly present. Stay tuned for more soon According to North Korean state media, the railway regiment received the firing order "without previous warning" on the morning of Jan. 14 and hit a "fixed target in the East Sea of Korea with two tactical guided missiles."
Jan 15, 2021 7 tweets 9 min read
RECAP (1/7): North Korea touted a variety of military equipment at its highly-anticipated military parade on Jan. 14.

Here's a thread with photos to get you up to speed:
nknews.org/2021/01/worlds… (2/7): The highlight of Pyongyang's military parade was the reveal of new “Pukguksong-5ㅅ" submarine-launched ballistic missiles, dubbed by state media as the "world's strongest weapon."

Kim Jong Un watched on as truck trailers rolled out the SLBMs.
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Jan 15, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
LIVE: KCTV 0900 starts with a photo session footage of the Party Congress attendees with Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un arrives to attend the photo session
Jan 14, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
THREAD — Here's what we know about North Korea's latest military parade:

- North Korea rolled out what looks like four Pukguksong-class submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). No ICBM spotted.

- Kim Jong Un attended the event wearing a leather jacket and fur hat. - North Korea also showed off short-range ballistic missiles, tanks and other armored vehicles.

- State media said the parade is meant to show people both at “home and abroad” that the DPRK’s military and nuclear weapons capabilities are strong.
Jun 14, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
The Sunday edition of the Rodong Sinmun is carrying Kim Yo Jong's warning to South Korea.

This is not a good sign.

If there was even a small hope this is all just bluster, by carrying it domestically in the main newspaper it makes it much harder for Pyongyang to change course. Clarification: Though the Kim Yo Jong warning is carried on the online version of the Rodong, we've not been able to check yet if it's in the print-edition.

We'll keep you posted on this as it's an important issue.
Jun 30, 2019 7 tweets 2 min read
#BREAKING Trump and Kim summit over Trump: nobody knows how it will turn out but it is a historic day, quick notice no one saw this coming, in speaking with President Moon, often times he said the meeting itself is historic and there's something to that.