North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday toward its east coast, South Korea and Japan said, days after Pyongyang unveiled a uranium enrichment facility and vowed to beef up its nuclear arsenal.

North Korea successfully tested a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a "super-large conventional warhead," Pyongyang's state media reported on Thursday. State-controlled KCNA news agency quoted the country's Missile Administration as stating the test-fire,

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected North Korea firing multiple short-range ballistic missiles from north of its capital, Pyongyang, and said they traveled about 400 kilometers (244 miles) while flying toward the northeast.

North Korea launched several ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, the isolated regime's second launch in less than a week as tensions ramp up on the Korean Peninsula.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to Pyongyang on Friday, Russian news agencies said. The visit took place at a critical juncture in the war in Ukraine, for which the United States says North Korea has supplied ammunition and ballistic missiles to Russia.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has supervised successful tests of two types of missiles as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel U.S.-led threats

North Korea tested new tactical ballistic missiles using super-large warheads and modified cruise missiles on Wednesday led by leader Kim Jong Un, who called for stronger conventional weapons and nuclear capabilities,

Kim Jong Un claimed his regime's missile program is a necessary deterrent amid continuing threats from external forces.

North Korea test-fired a new ballistic missile carrying a super-large warhead and an improved strategic cruise missile, state media reported Thursday, as leader Kim Jong Un called for increased weapons development.