Japan has put its military on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch after indications it is preparing for a test firing, two people with direct knowledge of the order told Reuters on Friday.

North Korea has fired a long-range rocket, which critics say is a test of banned missile technology.

The Philippine coast guard inspected a North Korean cargo vessel that docked at a port northwest of Manila in one of the first such checks since the U.N. Security Council imposed further sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear program. The MV Jin Teng was…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched a ballistic missile launch test and ordered the country to improve nuclear attack capability by continuing to conduct more tests, the official KCNA news agency reported on Friday.

A North Korean man who has been jailed in connection with the Feb. 13 killing of Kim Jong Nam will be released, Malaysia’s attorney general said, due to a lack of evidence.