President Trump floats sanctions relief for North Korea denuclearization as Secretary of State Marco Rubio maintains focus on nuclear disarmament policy.

Test comes after Trump expressed his wish to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his visit to South Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday it fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to South Korea for a regional summit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that his country's alliance with Russia will "advance non-stop," and is now "rising to its historic peak," state-run media said Friday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony to break ground for a memorial museum in Pyongyang for North Korean troops killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine.

KIM Jong-un has broken ground on a new “sacred sanctuary” to the hundreds of North Korean troops killed fighting for Vladimir Putin’s bloody war in Ukraine. The so-called Memorial

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to build a museum in Pyongyang in honour of the soldiers of the Korean People's Army who took part in the military operation to "liberate Russia's Kursk Oblast" – that is,

North Korea said it successfully tested "a new cutting-edge weapons system" involving hypersonic projectiles on Wednesday as part of a defence program to enhance strategic deterrence against enemies.