- NewsEllen Manning
US says it's ready for conflict with North Korea if necessary
Comments by defense secretary Mark Esper saying the US is ready to fight North Korea if needed were reported by Iran's state media channel PressTV.
- NewsEllen Manning
Kim Jong Un calls for active “diplomatic and military counter-measures” amid speculation over nuclear diplomacy with US
In a mammoth seven-hour speech, Kim Jong Un appeared to suggest that nuclear diplomacy with the US could end.
- NewsPA Media: World News
North Korea threatens to resume calling Trump ‘a dotard’
The warning came after Donald Trump revived his 'rocket man' nickname for North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un.
- NewsAssociated Press
Kim Jong Un supervises another N. Korean military drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a parachuting drill of military sharpshooters and vowed to build an “invincible army,” displaying more defiance even as the United States and South Korea called off their own exercises to create space for nuclear diplomacy.
- NewsAndy Wells
Kim Jong Un rides white horse up sacred mountain in stunt aimed at US
The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family's dynastic rule.
- NewsRoss McGuinness
Kim Jong-un watches as North Korea tests new ‘super-large multiple rocket launcher’
North Korea has reportedly fired two short-range ballistic missiles from a new rocket launcher in its latest weapons test.
- NewsEllen Manning
North Korea carries out short-range ballistic missile tests
The test, which saw two short-range ballistic missiles fired in to the sea, is the fifth round of tests in less than three weeks.
- NewsAndy Wells
North Korean soldier 'defects to the South after crossing demilitarised zone
The soldier expressed an interest in defecting to the South.
