North Korea test fired a newly-developed lightweight multi-purpose missile launching system and multiple tactical cruise missile weapons systems on Tuesday, state media Korean Central News Agency reported.

SEOUL — North Korea said Wednesday that it had tested a new lightweight, multi-purpose missile launching system and a multiple tactical cruise missile weapon system the previous day. The tests, previously reported by South Korea’s military,

North Korea on Thursday denounced a recent joint statement by the top diplomats of the United States, Australia, Japan and India that called for the North's complete denuclearization, reiterating that it will never abandon its nuclear weapons.

P eople have been predicting the collapse of North Korea’s communist dictatorship since 1948, when Kim Il Sung seized p