Kim Jong-un
US targets Kim Jong-un’s assets, oil supply to North
Pyongyang pledges more powerful counter-measures to sanctions, pressure by Washington.
N Korea celebrates nuclear test, says 'No-one can stop us on our road to future'
North Korea in July carried out its first two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
US pushes oil embargo on North Korea, takes aim at Kim Jong-Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un would be added to a UN sanctions blacklist that would subject him to a global travel ban.
Monumental follies: When will statues of Kim crumble?
Pyongyang, meanwhile, does not restrict its ambitions to nuclear and missile technologies.
World on edge, but talks with Kim vital
The US President’s rhetoric has also risen in direct proportion to the scale of Kim’s insouciance.
After nuclear test, Pentagon chief warns N Korea of 'massive military response'
Trump threatened drastic economic sanctions, including 'stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea.'
As tensions soar, N Korea warns Japan of 'imminent self-destruction' for siding with US
The authorities in North Korea are highly nationalistic and promote resentment of the US and Japan as part of their claim to legitimacy.
Days after N Korea missile fire, Trump says 'talking not the answer'; Mattis disagrees
Trump’s comment, a day after Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan that drew UN and other international condemnation.
Amid N Korea tensions, US conducts missile defence test off Hawaii coast
Japan has been worried that the United States has so far declined to arm it with powerful new radar, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Kim-Don row: World is at risk
A worried Xi Jinping, in a telephonic conversation with Mr Trump, called on all parties to “exercise restraint”.