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N. Korea condemns US military drills with S. Korea, Japan

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) – North Korea condemned on Saturday recent joint military drills by the United States, South Korea, and Japan, warning that it would take immediate actions if needed to defend the state.

US, Japan, South Korea to set up secretariat to advance coop.

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – The leaders of the US, Japan, and South Korea agreed on Friday to form a secretariat to help advance their trilateral cooperation.

US aircraft carrier joins military drills with S Korea, Japan

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – South Korea's military said it will hold a three-day joint exercise with the US and Japan starting on Wednesday, featuring fighter jets and marine patrol aircraft.

South Korea accuses North of GPS signal ‘jamming attack’

TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – North Korea has jammed the GPS signals in response to the South’s missile launches, Seoul’s military says.

N Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles to sea

TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – North Korea has launched a salvo of ballistic missiles toward the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.

S Korea, US, Japan run joint air drills

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – South Korea, Japan, and the United States on Nov 3 conducted a joint air drill involving a nuclear-capable bomber, Seoul’s military said, in response to North Korea’s latest long-range missile test.

After Pyongyang missile test;

US nuclear bomber joins drills with S. Korea, Japan

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – The US flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the US mainland.

S Korea says North may test ICBM around time of US election

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – North Korea has moved into place a launcher ready for an intercontinental ballistic missile, and may decide to set it off around the time of the US presidential election, South Korean lawmakers claimed.

Sister of North Korean leader:

South Korea, Ukraine "badly behaved dogs raised by US"

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, described South Korea and Ukraine as "badly behaved dogs raised by the United States," according to KCNA.

US-led sanctions monitoring team unlawful: North Korea

TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (MNA) – North Korea's foreign minister said a new multilateral sanctions monitoring team led by the United States was "utterly unlawful and illegitimate", state media reported on Sunday.

N Korea says discovered remains of drone sent from S Korea

TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – North Korea announced Saturday it has discovered remains of at least one drone sent from South Korea, describing it as the same type displayed on the South's Armed Forces Day in Seoul earlier this month.

Iran, North Korea hold talks on Korean peninsula developments

TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Iran's chargé d'affaires ad interim in Pyongyang met and discussed regional issues with the senior officials of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

South Korea says;

N Korea blows up sections of inter-Korean roads on its side

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – North Korea blew up certain sections of two inter-Korean highways on its side of the border, the South Korean military said on Tuesday.

N Korea warns S Korea of invasion of its airspace by drones

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – North Korea will consider it as a declaration of war if South Korean drones cross into its airspace again, a North Korean defense ministry spokesman warned.

N Korea says S Korea drones scattered leaflets over Pyongyang

TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) –North Korea accused South Korea on Friday of sending drones to scatter a "huge number" of anti-North leaflets over its capital Pyongyang, in what it called a political and military provocation that could lead to armed conflict.

South Korean Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize in literature

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for what the Nobel committee called “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”

North Korea vows to permanently block border with S. Korea

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – North Korea’s military said it will permanently block its border with South Korea and boost its front-line defence posture to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and US forces.

Kim Jong Un:

N Korea to speed up steps toward becoming nuclear superpower

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – North Korea will accelerate efforts to become a military superpower and a major nuclear power, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said.

On sidelines of 79th UNGA meeting:

Araghchi meets with Iraqi, Australian, Brunei counterparts

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA)–Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met and held talks with his Iraqi, Australian, Brunei, Spanish and South Korean counterparts in New York on Thursday on the sidelines of the 79th meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

For 1st time;

South Korea to deploy tanks, artillery, for overseas exercise

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – South Korea will, for the first time, deploy its tanks and artillery for an overseas exercise participating in combined drills in Qatar next month.

22 injured in S. Korea's car crash

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) –  Twenty-two people were injured in South Korea's car crash on the first day of the five-day Chuseok holiday, the country's autumn harvest celebration, according to police and fire authorities.

For 1st time:

N Korea publicly discloses uranium enrichment facility

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – North Korea has publicly disclosed a uranium enrichment facility for the first time, as leader Kim Jong Un called for an expansion of the country's nuclear capabilities.

Kim Jong-un:

North Korea to ‘exponentially’ increase nuclear weapons

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the country will increase its number of nuclear weapons “exponentially” due to confront threats posed by the US and its followers.

S. Korea down Iran at 2024 Asian Youth Handball C'ship

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – Iran has lost to South Korea 30-22 in Group I of the 2024 Asian Youth Handball Championship.

South Korean football fans cheer for Palestine (+Photos)

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – The local media in Palestine announced the massive support of fans for the Palestinians especially the people of Gaza during the South Korea and Palestine football match in the 2026 World Cup Qualifier.

S. Korea, New Zealand condemn N. Korea atomic development

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand condemned North Korea's nuclear weapons development and its military cooperation with Russia, Seoul's presidential office said on Wednesday.

North Korea tests multiple rocket launch system

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – North Korea carried out a test-firing of a new multiple rocket launch system on Tuesday, its ruling Workers' Party newspaper reported.

5 killed, 9 wounded in S. Korea's car accident

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Five people were killed and nine others wounded in a traffic accident in South Korea on Saturday.

US approves $3.5B apache helicopter sale to S. Korea

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – The United States on Monday announced its approval of a $3.5-billion sale to South Korea of up to 36 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equipment, including missiles.