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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

KIM TONG-HYUNG

South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik bangs the gavel to announce that "the voting cannot take place" because the quorum was not reached during a plenary session for the impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
December 7, 2024, 4:27 pm
South Korea’s president avoids impeachment attempt over his failed martial law gambit
Opposition leaders vow to try again to remove president as public protests gather strength and tens of thousands demonstrate outside National Assembly building
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Hyung-Jin Kim
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, second right, shake hands during the official welcome ceremony in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 19, 2024, 1:38 pm
Putin says Russia, North Korea made new defense pact to aid each other if attacked
Deal announced during Russian president’s visit to Pyongyang; provides Moscow with munitions for Ukraine war in exchange for cash, technology to enhance Kim’s nuclear program
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 18, 2024, 10:51 pm
Putin meets with Kim Jong Un in North Korea to garner support for Ukraine war
Pyongyang could provide Russian president with badly needed munitions as dictators seek to cooperate amid Western sanctions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on September 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 18, 2024, 12:17 pm
Before summit with North Korea’s Kim, Putin vows they’ll beat sanctions together
Russian leader, on cusp of his first visit to ally in 24 years, says two countries will develop trade and payment systems to overcome ‘illegal restrictive measures’
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Sept. 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 13, 2023, 1:31 pm
North Korea’s Kim views launchpads with Putin, vows support for Russia’s ‘just fight’
Leaders of pariah nations speak for 4-5 hours at summit that US has warned could lead to an ammunition deal for Moscow’s Ukraine invasion, as Pyongyang seeks help with satellites
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Dasha Litvinova
This photo provided by the North Korean government on September 10, 2023, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waving from a train in Pyongyang as he leaves for Russia. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
September 12, 2023, 12:59 pm
Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia via train ahead of meeting with Putin
As countries grow closer, North Korean leader expected to seek Russian economic aid and military technology in exchange for munitions to be used in Moscow’s war in Ukraine
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 11, 2023, 3:29 pm
Moscow and Pyongyang confirm North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to meet Putin in Russia
Visit comes as Russia looks to secure a supply of arms and ammunition to fuel its war in Ukraine and prompts fears Moscow could transfer advanced technology to North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what is says a new nuclear attack submarine "Hero Kim Kun Ok" at an unspecified place in North Korea Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
September 8, 2023, 8:05 am
North Korea claims it has built a nuclear attack submarine to counter US Navy
Experts say it is unlikely Pyongyang will be able to see through project without external assistance, and that it is ‘exaggerating’ capabilities of sub
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, July 25, 2023. (Ahn Young-joon/AP)
July 25, 2023, 7:48 am
North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles after US submarine arrives in South Korea
Short-range rockets land in reclusive country’s eastern sea; amid high tensions, Seoul decries ‘grave provocation’ as Japan lodges protest
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
File: A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP)
July 18, 2023, 3:11 pm
US national believed detained after crossing into North Korea during border tour
UN working with Pyongyang to free wayward tourist, about whom little is known, as concerns grow over hermit kingdom’s nuclear program
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government on March 11, 2022, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
May 30, 2023, 4:58 am
North Korea says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June
Country’s military official Ri Pyong Chol says measure necessitated by joint US-South Korea drills, which he says show ‘reckless ambition for aggression’
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
A TV screen is seen reporting North Korea's missile launch with file footage during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, April 13, 2023. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
April 13, 2023, 12:08 pm
North Korea fires intercontinental missile that may be new type of weapon
Rocket probably used swift-launching solid rocket fuel, South Korean defense official says; US calls move ‘destabilizing’; Japan orders Hokkaido residents to shelter as precaution
By Hyung-Jin Kim, KIM TONG-HYUNG and Mari Yamaguchi
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)
February 20, 2023, 4:28 am
North Korea launches two missiles into water, threatens US over drill
Pyongyang says it tested multiple rocket launcher system that can be armed with ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons after firing two ICBMs into eastern waters near Japan
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, and Emirati leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk past an honor guard at Qasar Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
January 19, 2023, 11:38 am
Iran, South Korea summon each other’s envoys after Yoon comment during UAE visit
Addressing South Korean special forces stationed in Emirates, South’s president calls Iran the Gulf state’s ‘enemy,’ compares threat it poses to that of nuclear-armed North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, November 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
November 3, 2022, 6:48 am
North Korea keeps up missile barrage by launching ICBM, setting off alarms
Long range projectile forces Japan evacuation alerts and train stoppages, a day after Pyongyang fired over 20 missiles, its most ever, in game of brinksmanship aimed at US
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Mari Yamaguchi
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