The Latest Breaking News from Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang promises to deter ‘hostile military manoeuvres’ after US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval exercises.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared the South his country's "principal enemy", jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach, and threatened war over "even 0.001 mm" of territorial infringement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korea's top diplomat in the Kremlin on Tuesday in the latest sign of deepening ties between the two authoritarian states.

The two Koreas remain technically at war with the presence of nearly two million troops at the border.

In a speech, the North Korean leader has called for constitutional change to identify the south as ‘number one hostile state’

Kim Jong Un says his country does not want war but does not seek to avoid it.

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North Korea is formally abolishing key government agencies charged with promoting cooperation and reunification with the South, state media said Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Un called for constitutional changes allowing Pyongyang to "occupy" Seoul in war.

North Korea has abolished key government organizations tasked with managing relations with South Korea, state media said Tuesday, as authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un said he would no longer pursue reconciliation with a rival he declared as his country’s most hostile adversary

North Korea imposed one of the world's most stringent lockdowns four years ago.

Latest test ratchets up tensions days after Kim Jong Un designated South Korea as an enemy state.