SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most hostile state, as he set out policy priorities in a speech to parliament, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday (Mar 24).Kim said Pyongyang's status as a nuclear-armed state

The announcement was made a day after North Korea convened the first session of its Supreme People's Assembly. The assembly, the isolated nation's rubber-stamp legislature, formally approves state policy.

SEOUL: North Korea has re-elected Kim Jong Un as president of state affairs, state media reported on Monday (Mar 23).Kim's reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation's highest policymaking and governing body, the State Affairs Commission, was announced by the state news agency KCNA.Critics argue

SEOUL: North Korea has re-elected Kim Jong Un as president of state affairs, state media reported on Monday (Mar 23).Kim's reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation's highest policymaking and governing body, the State Affairs Commission, was announced by the state news agency KCNA.Critics argue

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday a summit between her brother and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won't happen if Japan sticks to “its anachronistic” approach. Kim Yo Jong's statement came after Takaichi told reporters last week that she had informed U.S. President Donald…

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday a summit between her brother and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won't happen if Japan sticks to “its anachronistic” approach....

North Korea will never change its status as a nuclear-armed state, its leader Kim Jong Un said, state...