The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

North Korea threatened to unleash a powerful action if the U.S. does not halt joint military drills with partners including South Korea, in what might be an effort by Kim Jong Un to lay the ground for his first nuclear test in five years.

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has criticized the United States for expanding combined military exercises with South Korea that it claims are practice for an invasion

The warning came as North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles towards Japan. US officials said: "There is no scenario in which the Kim regime could employ nuclear weapons and survive"

US tells North Korea any use of nuclear weapons would spell end of its ruling regime

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Friday in its first ballistic weapons launches in two weeks, as the U.S. military warned the North that the use of nuclear weapons “will result in the end of that regime.”

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches that Washington and Seoul have warned could culminate in Kim Jong Un conducting another nuclear test. The launch comes as South Korea and the US conclude 12 days of amphibious…

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, as it continues a barrage of launches in opposition to U.S. and South Korean military drills.

The launch is the latest in a series of weapons tests by North Korea in recent weeks

Missile launches come just four days after North Korea and South Korea exchanged warning shots off the west coast.