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North Korea Test-Fires Long-Range Cruise Missiles: State Media
- On Dec. 28, 2025, North Korea test-fired two strategic long-range cruise missiles into the sea, with Kim Jong Un overseeing the drill, KCNA reported.
- The drill aimed to review the counter-offensive response posture and combat capability of long-range missile sub-units, KCNA said, as part of inspections before the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.
- Flight data show the missiles flew for 10,199 seconds and 10,203 seconds along preset trajectories, with South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff detecting launches from the Sunan area near Pyongyang at around 8 a.m.
- Seoul said it remains ready to repel any North Korean provocations through its alliance with the United States, while KCNA warned North Korea may conduct additional missile tests at the end of the year.
- Ahead of the party congress, analysts say North Korea aims to improve strike precision, challenge the United States and South Korea, and test weapons before potential export to Russia in its first cruise-missile test since early November.
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As Pyongyang multiplies the tests, his leader called for an "unlimited and sustained" development of the country's nuclear forces.
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North Korea carried out two sea trials of long-range cruise missiles, announced on Monday the state media. During this exercise organized on Sunday, apparently the first of its kind since early November, North Korean leader Kim Jong One supervised the operations and called for an "unlimited and sustained" development of his country's nuclear forces, wrote the KCNA news agency. The latter first reported a single shot, before mentioning two projec…
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Total News Sources71
Leaning Left14Leaning Right14Center23Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Center
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources are Center
45% Center
L 28%
C 45%
R 27%
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