South Korea's foreign ministry emphasised its efforts to reopen communication with Pyongyang to ease tensions, without directly commenting on Trump's letter South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it is working closely with the United States to revive dialogue with North Korea,

North Koreans are "not interested" in entering the country, according to a commentary published by state media.

A Chinese citizen living in the United States pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for illegally exporting firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea, the U.S. Justice Department said.

In May, the 5,000-ton destroyer tipped over and partially sank during the launch ceremony in Chongjin. Leader Kim Jong-un blamed it on

South Korea's military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border.

California resident shipped at least three containers of guns bound for North Korea, according to prosecutors.

"I don't really think the symbolism of tanks and missiles is really what we’re all about," Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday.

A Chinese national living in Ontario pleaded guilty on Monday, June 9, to scheming to illegally ship weapons to North Korea for use by the secretive communist country’s military in a surprise attack on South Korea.

South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border.