The Foreign Ministry accused the US of hyping the solution to the Middle East crisis.

This is first public acknowledgement by North Korea about US soldier.

A top general warned of the need to boost “deterrence” following dozens of missile tests by North Korea

Pyongyang urged Washington to end “hostile” military drills with Seoul and to remove its strategic assets from the region

In response, South Korean military also fires 3 air-to-surface missiles into high seas north of maritime border

It was mentioned that Japanese Prime Minister was ready to hold a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without any preconditions

Legislation allows it to carry out a nuclear first strike, amid concern country is on verge of resuming nuclear tests.

Kim issues first jab at South Korean President Yoon since he took office this May

Japanese defense minister's warning comes after US voiced similar concerns ahead of Biden's weekend visit to Seoul, Tokyo

According to experts in the field, the test would be the longest-range missile fired so far by North Korea since its previous ICBM launch in November 2017.

Seoul says it has detected a presumed ballistic missile launched by Pyongyang into the East Sea.

Intelligence services of the United States and South Korea assume that the rocket is similar to the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile that North fired in November 2017, the source added.