Sea Of Japan

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into Sea of Japan, says South Korean military

Pyongyang is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its banned nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes, which it says it needs to defend against a possible US invasion.

Kim Jong-un sends missile launches as 'warning' to Washington, Seoul as tensions rise on Korean peninsula

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un says the country's latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games

North Korea threatens more missile tests after it fires fourth in 12 days following joint exercises between Washington and Seoul

North Korea threatened on Tuesday to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth set of projectiles in less than two weeks following the start of joint exercises between the US and the South

North Korean boat crosses maritime border with South Korea; vessel, crewmen taken to Seoul’s military port for investigation

N Korean boat with three crewmen crossed the de facto maritime border with S Korean and has been towed to a port. The wooden vessel crossed the Northern Limit Line in the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, at about 11.20 pm on Saturday. It was not immediately known whether they were defectors or accidentally crossed the border.

Two Russian fighter jets collide over Sea of Japan during a training flight, no casualties

Two Russian Su-34 fighter jets collided on Friday over the Sea of Japan during a training flight, with both crews managing to eject, the defence ministry said.

After North Korea missile tests, South Korean Navy conducts live-fire drills in Sea of Japan

South Korea's navy held major live-fire drills on Tuesday to warn the North against any provocations at sea, it said, two days after Pyongyang's biggest nuclear test to date.

North Korea successfully test fires ICB missile: Does this guy have anything better to do with his life, asks Donald Trump

North Korea on Tuesday proclaimed that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile

North Korea missile test: US, Japan, S Korea call 'urgent' Security Council meet on Tuesday

The US, Japan and South Korea have called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting — to be held on Tuesday — to discuss North Korea's missile test on Sunday, diplomatic officials said.

UN envoy Nikki Haley says US ready for talks only if North Korea halts missile tests

The United States would consider talks with North Korea if it halts all nuclear and ballistic missile tests, Washington's envoy to the United Nations said today as the UN Security Council weighed new sanctions on Pyongyang.

Vladimir Putin says missile test was 'dangerous', intimidation of North Korea must end

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that North Korea's latest missile test was "dangerous", but he warned that Pyongyang was being intimidated and called for a peaceful solution to regional tensions.