North Korea on Saturday lambasted a recent trilateral meeting between South Korea, the US and Japan that discussed peace in the Indo-Pacific region, deriding the talks as an "insult" to peace.
A Ukrainian media outlet has reported that about 500 North Korean soldiers were killed in a missile strike by Kyiv in Russia's western Kursk region.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said on Sunday that South Korea will have to pay a "dear price" for sending propaganda leaflets across the border the previous day.
NATO and Europe are crying hoarse about North Korean troops being deployed in Russia. According to the Pentagon, about 10,000 North Korean troops are ready to be deployed in the war zone, most of whom are undergoing training in Russia. This would imply strength of about one division.
Guided by Kim, North Korea carried out a "crucial" missile test that set milestones in "perpetuating the absolute superiority" of the country's armed forces, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
A B-1B bomber was previously deployed to the peninsula on March 3, Yonhap news agency reported.
North Korea claimed that about 800,000 civilians have volunteered to join the nation's military to fight against the US, CNN reported.
Kim Jong-un "guided" the launch as it served as an occasion to "give a stronger warning to the enemies intentionally escalating the tension"
Leaders of South Korea and Japan are going to meet in order to discuss the recalcitrant regime's evolving threats and other shared challenges
Ned Price said, "A 7th nuclear test would be a dangerous provocation that would itself constitute a significant threat to peace and security in the region."
