North Korea's military
North Korea: Increasing nuclear arsenal? The country must be ready
According to state television, he also said that Pyongyang should be fully prepared to use nuclear weapons at any time.
Kim made the remarks during an inspection of the country's nuclear weapons program, during which the trigger technology was tested.
N Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North's defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday.
N Korea's military threatens to reenter demilitarized areas
North Korea's military on June 16 threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South Korea amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration.
Seoul: North Korea blew up liaison office as tensions rise
South Korea says that North Korea has exploded an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border.
Seoul's Unification Ministry says the destruction of the building at the North Korean border town of Kaesong happened at 2:49 p.m. on June 16.
North and South Korea troops exchange fire along border
North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on May 3, the South's military said, the first such incident since the rivals took unprecedented steps to lower front-line animosities.