North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced plans to strengthen nuclear forces at an upcoming party congress following a missile test. He stated the congress will outline next-stage plans for bolstering the country's nuclear war deterrent.

SEOUL — The dramatic US operation that overthrew Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro this month may have left North Korean leader Kim Jong Un feeling he was also vulnerable to “decapitation”, a former Pyongyang envoy to Havana told AFP.

In an effort to strengthen its deterrent against nuclear war, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of an updated large-calibre multiple rocket system intended for targeted attacks, according to state media on Wednesday.

Kim will ‘overhaul the entire system regarding his security and countermeasures in case of an attack against him’, Lee Il-kyu says.

North Korea’s recent release of two unusually rapid-fire statements by Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un, underscores Pyongyang’s heightened sensitivity to external diplomatic pressure and security threats,

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired a senior official tasked with economic policy and condemned "incompetent" apparatchiks for delays in the opening of an important factory,