<div><p>Multiple fires were raging in the northeast of North Korea recently, with a plume of smoke extending far out over the ocean, according to satellite photos seen Thursday.</p><p>Official media in the communist state has made no mention of the apparently massive wildfires.</p><p ...

<div><p>North Korea test-fired three missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, South Korea's defence ministry said, further stoking tensions amid an international nuclear standoff.</p><p>The firing of the missiles, reported to have a range of up to 500 kilometres (312 miles), follow a series of ...

<div><p>North Korea has test-fired two more missiles on the eve of American Independence Day celebrations, according to South Korea's defence ministry, further stoking tensions amid an international nuclear standoff.</p><p>The firing of the missiles, reported to be Scuds with a range of 500 kilometres (312 miles), follow ...

<div><p>North Korea late Thursday test-fired a fourth short-range missile off its east coast following three similar launches earlier in the evening, South Korean military officials said.</p><p>The defence ministry officials, quoted by Yonhap news agency, said the missiles -- apparently surface-to-ship ones -- were fired into the East Sea (Sea ...