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.
North Korea has adopted a new law aimed at protecting state secrets, amid apparent efforts to tighten internal discipline.
The US air operation also responded to Pyongyang's warning to send a "Christmas gift" to Donald Trump if the latter does not come up with a new proposal in the denuclearisation dialogue.
The meeting of regional powers comes as tensions have risen between Washington and Pyongyang after North Korea carried out a series of rocket launches.
Indeed, the successful outcome of the latest test, in addition to the one on 7 December, would be applied “to further bolster up the reliable strategic nuclear deterrent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”~ North Korea’s formal name ~ has been the response of the defence academy.
"The research successes being registered by us in defence science one after another recently will be applied to further bolstering up the reliable strategic nuclear deterrent," the KCNA said.
In response to that, North Korea said it would take "prompt corresponding actions at any level" if the US uses force against it.
