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Feds push local election officials to boost security ahead of 2024

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 23, 2023

Some of the nation’s top cybersecurity leaders are warning state and local election officials of ongoing foreign and domestic national security threats to election systems, urging them to upgrade their defenses ahead of next year’s presidential election.

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North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 18, 2023

North Korea launched what South Korea called an intercontinental ballistic missile off its east coast on Saturday, a day after vowing to take “unprecedentedly persistent and strong” counteractions against the joint military drills that the United States and South Korea plan for this spring.

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Kim Jong Un puts new missile, and a potential heir, on parade

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 9, 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed his latest assets to protect his reign: quick-strike missiles that can carry a nuclear warhead to the U.S. and a preteen daughter who ensures his family’s continuous rule over the dynasty forged in the Cold War. Images provided by official state media on Thursday of a military parade in Pyongyang showed the regime’s biggest single display of ...

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South Korea asks US for greater role in managing nuclear weapons

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 2, 2023

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government is in talks with the U.S. on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, which would mark a significant shift in a decades-old policy among American allies to deter North Korea.

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North Korea fires missile, adding to weekend of provocations

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 31, 2022

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile early Sunday, adding to the barrage launched a day earlier, as Kim Jong Un leads a major political meeting to set policy for 2023.

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South Korea deploys jets after North Korea sends drones across border

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 26, 2022

South Korea suspended some commercial flights and scrambled military assets to shoot at drones from North Korea that crossed their heavily armed border Monday.

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North Korea fires missiles capable of reaching Japan on Sunday

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 18, 2022

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two medium-range ballistic missiles off its east coast Sunday, launching missiles potentially capable of reaching Japan, days after Tokyo vowed to double its military spending to help guard against the growing threats from China and North Korea.

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North Korea fires suspected ICBM after warning US on exercises

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 18, 2022

North Korea test-fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile with an estimated range long enough to carry a warhead to the American mainland, prompting the U.S. to condemn what it said was an unlawful action. The North Korean missile was launched Friday, a day after Pyongyang warned the U.S. to halt allied military drills in the region or face retribution. President Joe Biden was ...

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North Korea launches more missiles; U.S. bombers fly over South Korea

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 5, 2022

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles off its west coast Saturday morning, and hours later, two American B-1B supersonic strategic bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula in the first deployment of its kind since 2017.

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U.S. condemns apparent failed ICBM test by North Korea

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 3, 2022

The U.S. condemned what it said was the test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by North Korea on Thursday, as Pyongyang continued a barrage of weapons tests to protest allied military drills.

Feds push local election officials to boost security ahead of 2024

North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile

Kim Jong Un puts new missile, and a potential heir, on parade

South Korea asks US for greater role in managing nuclear weapons

North Korea fires missile, adding to weekend of provocations

South Korea deploys jets after North Korea sends drones across border

North Korea fires missiles capable of reaching Japan on Sunday

North Korea fires suspected ICBM after warning US on exercises

North Korea launches more missiles; U.S. bombers fly over South Korea

U.S. condemns apparent failed ICBM test by North Korea

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