North Korea’s leader has grown more assertive since their last efforts at diplomacy ended in failure — and now has Russia at his side.

The new U.S. administration wants to reopen talks about denuclearization with the regime in Pyongyang. But experts say President Donald Trump risks provoking new tensions, including with South Korea.

President Donald Trump opened a video call with American troops stationed in South Korea on Monday night by asking: “How is Kim Jong Un doing?” Speaking at the Commander-In-Chief Inaugural Ball in Washington,

Trump's words raise expectations about the revival of direct diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang that has been dormant during the Biden Administration. North Korean state media took 48 hours to inform the North Korean people that Donald Trump had been inaugurated as President of the United States on Monday.

President Donald Trump will reach out to Kim Jong Un again, he said in an interview, calling the North Korean leader a "smart guy."

Seoul is aiming to build the US$330 million defence system to intercept rockets fired by North Korea South Korea has unveiled a plan to build a US$330 million defence system similar to Israel's Iron Dome to intercept rockets fired by the North - as newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump called the hermit state a "nuclear power" and touted his