The critical remarks from Kim Yo-jong came as both the US and South Korea agreed to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat.
North Korea fires ballistic missile: Japan said the missile landed in the water but did not immediately give a more exact landing location.
The Korean Central News Agency said Kim, during a meeting with officials and scientists stressed the need to ramp up bomb fuel production to meet his goals to expand his nuclear arsenal 'exponentially,'
North Korea: North Korea has fired two more short-ballistic missiles toward waters off its eastern coast as the US steps up military exercises with South Korea.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un has vowed to make his rivals "plunge into despair" and recently tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone.
The South Korean and Japanese militaries detected the short-range missile being launched Sunday into waters off the North’s eastern coast, which reportedly came less than an hour before the US flew long-range B-1B bombers for training with South Korean warplanes.
North Korea launches ICBM: The launch, the North’s first ICBM test in a month and third weapons testing this week, also comes as South Korean and US troops continue joint military exercises that Pyongyang considers a rehearsal to invade.
North Korea missile launch: The South Korean military referred to the launches as "a grave provocation" that jeopardises regional peace on the Korean Peninsula.
"These 2 strategic challenges will intersect and interact in unpredictable ways, leading to mutually reinforcing effects that could challenge our ability to respond, but that will introduce new opportunities to forge collective action with allies & partners, including non-state actors," report said.
On Sunday, Japan said no damage was reported from the missile, which landed within Japan's exclusive economic zone, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Oshima island. Oshima lies off the western coast of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.
North Korea fires ballistic missile landed in Japan which likely to escalate tension between Tokyo and Pyongyang. Also, it comes when South Korea and US are preparing for a joint military exercise.
North Korea's official Rodong Sinmun newspaper released photos of Kim and his daughter laughing and cheering from the VIP seats, where they were seated in the center amongst senior government and military figures.
North Korea has previously expressly forbidden people to use the same names as its leaders and their own immediate families. People were warned to refrain from using the name Kim Jong Un in 2014.
Several international media speculated that the leader might be suffering from some serious ailment, especially a fatal one.
Kim accused South Korea of being “hell-bent on imprudent and dangerous arms build-up” and openly trumpeting its preparations for war with North Korea.
North Korea fires missile: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected the three launches from an inland area south of Pyongyang, the North’s capital, on Saturday morning.
North Korea flew five drones across the border for the first time in five years, state reports.
North Korea fires ballistic missile: The launch was three days after the US flew nuclear-capable bombers and advanced stealth jets near the Korean Peninsula for joint training with South Korean warplanes.
North Korea spy satellite: North Korea, on Monday, said it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite.
North Korea fires ballistic missile: Japan’s Coast Guard said it was informed by the Defense Ministry that North Korea’s suspected missile landed in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, but did not say how close it was from the Japanese coast.
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