South Korea’s military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the United States,

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has personally overseen the first drill of his regime’s “nuclear trigger” management system, state media said on Tuesday.

The United Nations found evidence that Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with a North Korean Hwaseong-11 missile in January, according to a new report.

A UN Sanctions investigation team has announced that North Korean missiles were used in the Russo-Ukrainian war. This violates UN sanctions against North Korea and confirms long-suspected military cooperation between North Korea and Russia.