North Korean media outlets say test launches of strategic cruise missiles were conducted from a new destroyer on Tuesday. Pyongyang has been expressing strong opposition to the ongoing joint exercise by the US and South Korean militaries.

Pyongyang said the strikes were “destroying regional peace and escalating instability worldwide by mounting an illegal military attack on Iran”.

State media said Kim Jong Un also inspected the construction of a third destroyer of the same class as his 5,000-ton warship, the Choe Hyon, which was unveiled in April.

North Korea denounced U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran while stating it respects the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson said the U.

North Korea respects Iran's choice of a new supreme leader, state media said Wednesday, accusing the US and Israel of undermining regional peace.

Kim Jong Un says North Korea can completely destroy South Korea if it feels threatened, and he refuses to engage with Seoul.

Passenger trains between China and North Korea will resume service on Thursday, reviving a transport link that was shuttered for six years due to the pandemic, China's rail operator said.

China and North Korea are restoring a direct rail link between their capitals after a six-year pause, a move that reflects warming ties between the two countries. China's state railway said in a