North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, lashed out at the start of the annual South Korea–United States military drills on Monday, describing them as “the most obvious manifestation of their will to ignite a war.

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on Tuesday (Aug 19) for the "rapid expansion" of the country's nuclear weapons capability, citing ongoing US-South Korea military exercises that he said c

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called U.S.-South Korea military exercises an "obvious expression of their will to provoke war," state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.