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North Korea test-fired two suspected ballistic missiles in response to the US sending a strategic bomber to the region for military drills with South Korea. The missiles were fired towards waters off the east coast and flew approximately 360 kilometers. North Korea claimed the launches were in retaliation for the joint drills and issued a threat to the US and South Korea.

Japan's Coast Guard reported on Tuesday that North Korea intends to launch a satellite between August 24 and August 31, marking the country's second effort to do so this year following a botched launch attempt in May that resulted in the launch vehicle crashing into the ocean. South Korea, the United States, and other countries have condemned previous space launches by the Nuclear-armed North, which is banned from such activities under U.N. Security Council resolutions.

North Korea said Friday its new submarine has nuclear attack capabilities after years of development. Leader Kim Jong-un described the milestone as crucial in his efforts to build a nuclear-armed navy to counter the US and its Asian allies.

Diplomatic efforts to convince Pyongyang to give up its atomic arsenal failed, and after Kim's declaration last year that North Korea was an "irreversible" nuclear weapons state, the status was included in the constitution this week. North Korea's "nuclear force-building policy has been made permanent as the basic law of the state, which no one is allowed to flout", Kim said at a meeting of the State People's Assembly, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

South Korea warned North Korea that using its nuclear weapons would put it on a 'path of self-destruction', in unusually harsh language that came days after the latter legislated a new law that would allow it to use its nuclear weapons preemptively. South Korea's defense ministry said the legislation would only prompt Seoul and Washington to further strengthen their 'deterrence and reaction capacities'.

In resuming its ballistic testing activity after a yearlong pause, North Korea has demonstrated a potentially nuclear-capable weapon that shows how it continues to expand its military capabilities amid a stalemate in diplomacy with the United States.

Hillary expressed astonishment at Trump referring to the North Korean leader as "Rocket Man." "You should lead with diplomacy, you should lead with the commitment to avoid conflict however you can," Hillary said. n his speech, Trump had warned North Korea of total destruction if the US's "great strength and patience" run out.

Does the western world think it has the right to monopolise and control access to nuclear power and supplies? The current status of the nuclear balance suggests so.

Terming North Korea a "global threat", the US said on Thursday that it expects India to do more to help America and its international allies exert pressure on Pyongyang to give up its missile and nuclear weapons programme.

North Korea is making final preparations to conduct its fourth nuclear test, South Korea's defense minister said on Thursday, but he added that it could be a bluff.