Sentences with phrase «missile test since»

blamed the Greenback's weakness on news about a possible North Korean missile test since that caused U.S. bond yields to contract sharply as demand for U.S. bonds surged.

There were no direct catalysts, but some market analysts blamed the Greenback's weakness on news about a possible North Korean missile test since that caused U.S. bond yields to contract sharply as demand for U.S. bonds surged.

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This is now the ninth sanctions package that the UN security council has approved since 2006 for North Korea's missile tests.

North Korea hasn't tested a missile in over a month, its longest pause since it began launching missiles in February.

North Korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that can be mounted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile on Sunday, marking its sixth — and biggest — test since 2006.

The test follows since - fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's remarks that failure to curb the North's ballistic missile program would lead to «catastrophic consequences.»

Since the Winter Olympics earlier this year in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and sweeping rounds of US - led sanctions after North Korean nuclear and missile tests, Kim has also apparently opened up to diplomacy.

Tensions in the region have been high since January when North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and then followed that with a satellite launch and test launches of various missiles.

Since 2011, Kim has fired more than 85 missiles and four nuclear weapons tests, which is more than what his father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather, Kim Il Sung, launched over a period of 27 years.

Worries around North Korea have heightened since Pyongyang claimed it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that put the entire United States mainland within range of its nuclear weapons.

North Korea has already effectively halted weapons tests since firing a missile in late November believed to be capable of reaching any city in the U.S..

North Korea has shown a persistent interest in computer technology since the early 1980s so it is conceivable that a country, which has launched long - range missiles and tested nuclear weapons has also developed a smartphone, said Kang Ho Jye, a research fellow at Ewha Institute of Unification Studies.

President Trump's latest Twitter attack bashing North Korea's missile test marks the 17th time the president has tweeted about the secluded nation since taking the oath of office.

This is North Korea's third ICBM test this year, following two in July, and the first missile launch of any kind since Sept. 15, when they tested an intermediate range missile.

The trading week started quite favorably for the yen since it gapped higher against everything except the safe - haven Swissy, thanks to news over the weekend that North Korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb and was planning another missile test, which naturally caused risk aversion to really ramp up.