North Korea's defence minister No Kwang Chol threatened on Saturday to take "more offensive action" as he condemned U.S. security talks with Seoul and the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea.

The South Korean government and its companies were pressed to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the U.S. to avoid high tariffs, raising concerns.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country’s longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97.

The North Korean leader has previously shown little interest in renewed diplomacy with President Donald Trump, who met with him three times during his first term.

President Trump met with President Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last week. APEC's host, South Korea, is carefully balancing its relations with the U.S. and China.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth praises South Korea's plan to boost defense spending as the allies look to strengthen deterrence against North Korea.

North Korea condemned recent US sanctions imposed on its bankers, characterizing them as proof of US hostility and warning that such pressure won’t help resume dialogue between the two nations.

North Korea on Thursday denounced the latest U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang as a demonstration of Washington's hostile policy, vowing to take proper measures.

South Korea may reconsider its sanctions approach toward North Korea after new US measures connected Pyongyang’s crypto theft operations to the funding of its weapons programs. Key Takeaways: South Korea is weighing a review of its sanctions policy after the US linked North Korea’s crypto theft operations to weapons funding.