The Latest Breaking News from Kim Jong Un

HONG KONG — North Korea says it tested four missiles this week to boost deterrence against its foes and pledged to keep developing more powerful warheads, a state media report said, as Pyongyang continues to fire off one of the biggest barrages since Kim Jong Un took power a decade…

Pyongyang says two tactical guided missiles struck its targets marking its sixth such launch in January.

North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque to outsiders.

Pyongyang blames US ‘hostility’ as experts warn of return to ‘vicious cycle of provocation and sanctions’.

Accusing the U.S. of hostility, North Korea said it will consider restarting “all temporally-suspended activities," in an apparent threat to resume testing nuclear devices and long-range missiles

North Korea will bolster its defences against the United States and consider resuming "all temporally-suspended activities", state news agency KCNA said on Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on tests of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

Grappling with pandemic difficulties and US-led sanctions over his nuclear ambitions, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be reviving his 2017 playbook of nuclear and missile brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and his neighbors. North Korea’s short-range missile launches on Monday were its fourth round of missile tests…

Grappling with the pandemic and U.S.-led sanctions over his nuclear ambitions, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be reviving his 2017 playbook of nuclear and missile brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and his neighbors

Leader Kim Jong Un has said ‘military muscle’ necessary for self-defence, but repeated weapons tests increase concern.