Analysts in Seoul have expressed growing concern that both political parties competing for the presidency in the U.S. may shift away from the long-standing goal of denuclearizing Pyongyang.

A strong military presence is needed to face “the various threats posed by the United States and its followers,” the North Korean leader said in a speech to mark the country’s founding anniversary.

State media images of Kim Jong-un visiting a uranium enrichment plant did not include its location. But analysts say tell-tale features in the photographs are a ‘close match’ to a particular site near

North Korea provided a rare glimpse Friday of a secretive uranium-enrichment facility where it produces material for its nuclear weapons program when it released several images of its leader Kim Jong Un touring the site.

North Korea has reported that its leader, Kim Jong Un, supervised successful tests of two types of missiles, one capable of carrying a 'super-large conventional warhead' and another likely for a nuclear warhead.

Strong military presence needed to face ‘various threats posed by the United States and its followers’, leader says

North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles — one designed to carry a “super-large conventional warhead" and the other likely for a nuclear warhead,