North Korea has announced it will expel the Malaysian ambassador within 48 hours, according to official news outlet KCNA. It comes after Kuala Lumpur announced it would be sending Pyongyang’s ambassador packing.
The North Korean suspect questioned in connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam has said he was the victim of a conspiracy by the Malaysian authorities.
CHINA has dismissed renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump over its role in North Korea, saying the crux of the matter was a dispute between Washington and Pyongyang.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the first world leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump, seeking reassurances over U.S.-Japan security and trade relations. "I am convinced Mr. Trump is a leader in whom I can have great confidence," Abe said
Pyongyang also said it has made strides that could bring it closer to mounting a warhead on one of its ballistic missiles and launching a long-distance nuclear strike.
NORTH Korea has reportedly executed a vice premier and banished two other top officials to rural areas for re-education in the latest purge to hit the secretive government.
North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile, the South Korean military has announced, according to the local Yonhap news agency. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the missile test “was unsuccessful” and failed in its initial stage.