North Korea says bolstering self-defensive capabilities to deter rivals
Bolstering self-defensive capabilities is an essential requirement for deterring rivals' provocative attempts and ensuring national security.
Bolstering self-defensive capabilities is an essential requirement for deterring rivals' provocative attempts and ensuring national security.
North Korea has floated more trash balloons toward South Korea, the military said Saturday, after the reclusive regime claimed the South had sent unmanned drones over Pyongyang three times since last week.
Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, TASS News Agency reported citing Moscow's defence ministry.
Taking a positive view of Quad that brings together India, Japan, Australia and the United States on a common platform, the official declined to confirm if South Korea would like to be a member of the grouping.
North Korea still appears to be operating facilities at a now-shuttered joint industrial complex in Pyongyang's border city of Kaesong despite Seoul's repeated warnings against the unauthorised move, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Thursday.
"We urge the DPRK to return to diplomacy and cooperation", the spokesperson further added.
The threats come with inter-Korean ties at a standstill, despite three summits between the North's Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in 2018.
North Korea is under multiple layers of US and UN sanctions for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The North Korean leader last presided over a Central Military Commission meeting in December 2019.
Last week, Kim made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertilizer factory.
