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North Korea's parliament has pledged to develop the economy and improve people's livelihoods despite the "difficult and complicated problems" faced last year from sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, state media said on Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the Beijing Winter Olympics as a "great victory" and saying he wanted to improve relations between their countries, state news agency KCNA reported on Friday.

A North Korean documentary broadcast on Tuesday showed a limping leader Kim Jong Un as he tackles the impoverished country's "worst-ever hardships" amid the coronavirus pandemic and sanctions over its weapons programmes.

North Korea confirmed on Monday it had tested a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), state media reported, as US and South Korean officials warned Sunday's launch could lead to resumed testing of long-range weapons and nuclear bombs. It was the seventh conducted by North Korea this month and the first…

North Korea capped one of its busiest months of missile tests ever with the launch of its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Sunday, highlighting efforts to ensure it has reliable systems for delivering nuclear warheads.

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un was not reported to have attended the test in one of the busiest ever months for the country's advancing missile programme

North Korea confirmed on Monday it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the U.S. territory of Guam with, sparking fears the nuclear-armed state could resume long-range testing.

North Korea has continued its series of unprecedented weapons tests with the launch of a long-range cruise missile and warhead. This week Kim Jong Un visited a factory producing a 'major weapon system'

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

This January has been one of the busiest months ever for North Korea's missile testing, with launches displaying a dizzying array of weapon types, launch locations, and increasing sophistication.

North Korea tested an update to its long-range cruise missile system and a conventional warhead of a surface-to-surface tactical guided missile on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively, state media KCNA said on Friday.