Maintaining that the status quo is not an option when it comes to the Korean Peninsula, said Chung Eui-yong, South Korea's Foreign Minister, while urging the North to quickly return to dialogue.
The top nuclear negotiators of South Korea, Japan and the US met in Honolulu to discuss ways to restart dialogue with reclusive North Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suggested he could order new nuclear tests ICBM launches for the first time since 2017.
The panel of experts said that according to an unnamed government, North Korean cyber-actors stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021 from at least three cryptocurrency exchanges
The North's official media has been highlighting Kim's authoritarian leadership following a spree of missile tests in January
North Korea confirmed the test-firing of the Hwasong-12 type missile on Sunday -- the latest in a series of its missile launches over the month
Last month the North Korean leader conducted more weapons tests than he did all last year
North Korea hasn't tested its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons since 2017, but the Hwasong-12 launch signalled it could soon resume such testing
North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space.
North Korea confirmed Monday it test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the US territory of Guam.
Sunday's test was the North's 7th round of weapons launches this month
Kim Jong Un underscores his vow not only to improve his country's capabilities, but mass produce and deploy more weapons.
South Korea's military is assessing the launches to determine the nature of the projectiles
Very little is known about the names and positions of the mid-level and working-level scientists and technicians involved in missile research and development
North Korea said it test-launched ballistic missiles from a train in what was seen as an apparent retaliation against fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration
Last week the country claimed test of 'hypersonic missile'; US and partners condemn launches as significant threat.
Emphasizing that 2021 was the year of a huge victory of his compatriots, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his address on Saturday said that 2022 will be the year of a "life-and-death" struggle
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to further bolster his military capability, maintain draconian anti-virus measures and push hard to improve the economy
North Korea has kicked off a key meeting of the ruling Workers' Party to decide on "strategic and tactical policies"
North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un presided over a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party. The report did not carry any remarks by Kim. The meeting approved unspecified agenda items and went into the discussions of them, KCNA said. The report said the meeting would review major polices this year and decide on the strategic and tactical policies and practical tasks for dynamically guiding the struggle of our party and people to usher in a new period of the development of socialist construction to the next stage of victory. The plenary meeting is one of the highest-level decision-making bodies in North Korea. Kim has previously used plenary meetings to announce his positions on relations with the United States and South Korea or his country's ..