Thursday's missile tests were the first since Kim and US President Donald Trump agreed to resume nuclear talks during an impromptu meeting last month in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol this week, South Korean media and CNN said, citing unnamed sources.
EU is ready to act if the new sanctions against Moscow undermine the bloc's energy security, says European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Meanwhile, a German business lobby has called for counter-sanctions if German firms are hit.
For the first time in 36 years, North Korea is holding its first congress of its ruling Workers' Party.
South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon Hee says it's first time 13 North Koreans working at same overseas restaurant defect to South Korea
North Korea announces it has successfully conducted ground test of new engine for inter-continental ballistic missile which would 'guarantee' potential nuclear attack on US mainland
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