North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".

The weapons hit their marks, with 'no negative impact on the security of neighboring countries,' according to KCNA report

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North Korea says it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called the escalation of U.S.

North Korea's foreign ministry vowed the "toughest counteraction" against the United States as long as Washington "refuses" the country's sovereignty.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that Pyongyang's nuclear program would continue "indefinitely," state media reported on Wednesday, days after United States President Donald Trump said he would make renewed diplomatic overtures to the reclusive leader.

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Kim Jong Un vowed that North Korea's nuclear programme would continue 'indefinitely,' state-run media reported Wednesday, days after new US President Donald Trump said he would make renewed diplomatic overtures to the reclusive leader.

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.

North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding that the weapons "precisely" hit their targets.

South Korea will release by Monday a preliminary report on last month's Jeju Air (089590.KS) plane crash that killed 179 people.