Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Thursday mocked South Korea's Hyunmoo-5 missile, first showcased in a recent military parade in Seoul, as a "uselessly huge weapon," News.Az reports citing Yonhap .

South Korea unveiled its latest domestically produced ballistic missile, the Hyunmoo-5, on Tuesday as President Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea that it would face the end of its regime if it attempted to use nuclear weapons, News.Az reports citing Radio Free Asia.

Reports indicate that North Korea is widening its list of crimes that can result in the death penalty, News.Az reports citing Fox news.

The South Korean government reiterated Friday that the denuclearization of North Korea remains a shared goal of the international community amid controversy surrounding the United Nations nuclear chief's remarks suggesting the world should recognize that Pyongyang possesses nuclear weapons, News.Az reports citing Yonhap.

North Korea may carry out its seventh nuclear test after the U.S. presidential vote in November, South Korea's spy agency was quoted as telling lawmakers Thursday, News.Az reports citing Yonhap News Agency.

Japan launched a rocket with a reconnaissance satellite to monitor North Korea, News.Az reports citing the Yomiuri newspaper .

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, as he ordered officials to bolster up his country’s military capabilities to repel United States-led threats, News.Az reports citing the official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea provided an uncommon look at a hidden facility for producing weapons-grade uranium, News.Az reports citing CBC .

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, assessed the relations between Russia and North Korea while speaking on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF),m NEws.Az reports citing Lenta.ru.