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North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles - South Korean military

The launches came after North Korea said a day earlier that it was willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States in late September.

South Korea's top court sends ex-leader case to lower court

South Korea's Supreme Court also ordered a new trial for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, who was convicted of offences including bribery and embezzlement in connection with the scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-hye.

North Korea's Kim oversaw test of 'multiple rocket launcher' - KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the test of a "super-large multiple rocket launcher", state news agency KCNA reports.

South Korea says North Korea has fired projectiles off east coast

North Korea fired two "unidentified projectiles" into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea's military says, the latest in a series of launches by Pyongyang.

North Korea fires projectiles into sea, rejects Seoul's dialogue offer

North Korea said that inter-Korean talks are over, while reportedly launching at least two projectiles into the sea on Friday.

Liverpool beat Norwich 4-1 in Premier League season opener

Liverpool opened its bid to end a 30-year English title drought by beating Norwich 4-1 on Friday, with four goals in the first half against the Premier League newcomers.

N Korea fires two projectiles into sea off eastern coast - S Korea

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea, said South Korea, in the latest launch that came shortly after US President Donald Trump said he had received a "very beautiful letter" from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea generated $2B from cybercrime to fund nuclear weapons - report

UN report seen by Reuters showed that North Korea “used cyberspace to launch increasingly sophisticated attacks to steal funds from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges to generate income.”

Kim says missile launches are warning to US, S Korea over drill - KCNA

North Korea's latest missile launches were meant as a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, the North's leader Kim Jong Un said, according to state news agency KCNA.

North Korea fires unidentified short-range projectiles: Yonhap

The launches, the third round of missile launches in a week, were fired off separately from North Korea's eastern coast early Friday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told Yonhap.

US Senate confirms Craft as ambassador to United Nations

The Senate backed Craft by a vote of 56 to 34, largely along party lines, moving to end seven months without a permanent US envoy to the world body.

N. Korea's test firing verified combat effectiveness of new rocket system

The test verified the combat effectiveness of the overall system, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un predicted "it would be an inescapable distress to the forces becoming a fat target of the weapon", state news agency KCNA said.