Nuclear program of North Korea

Japan must brace itself for the possible launch of a nuclear-armed North Korean missile over its territory if the regime carries out a threat to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s defence minister has said.

South Korea's president Moon Jae-in has assured that the winter Olympics in PyeongChang in February next year will not be jeopardized despite tense relations with the DPRK. He met with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach at the UN General Assembly in New York.

Theresa May has raised the prospect of backing military action against North Korea as she denounced the regime for its "outrageous proliferation" of nuclear weapons. Speaking at the United Nations general assembly in New York, she called for the world's leading powers to intensify efforts to force Kim Jong-un to abandon his nuclear programme, reported Inews.

China and Russia have begun a naval military maneuver near North Korea, reports Reuters. The tension on the Korean peninsula has intensified since last Friday, North Korea once again launched a ballistic missile over Japan. The United States also conducted Joint Air Force exercises with South Korea.

The U.S. flew four stealth fighter jets and two bombers over the Korean peninsula yesterday in a show of force after North Korea's latest nuclear and missile tests, South Korea's defense ministry said.

The international community must remain united and enforce sanctions against North Korea after its repeated launch of ballistic missiles, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an editorial published in the New York Times on Sunday, Reuters reports.

Today's North Korea ballistic missile test has prompted a quick response from South Korea. It turns out that Seoul had launched two Hunmoo-2 missiles in response to the DPRK's test. According to the British newspaper Express, South Korea has wanted to show its northern neighbor that they are ready to respond to a military strike.

North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tension after Pyongyang's recent test of its most powerful nuclear bomb, reported Reuters. 

North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 15, South Korean and Japanese officials said, deepening tensions after Pyongyang's recent test of its most powerful nuclear bomb.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on "all nations to take new measures" against North Korea after the pariah state launched another missile over Japan on Friday local time, CNBC reports.

Tillerson added that "China and Russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless missile launches by taking direct actions of their own."