Pyongyang's envoy to the U.N. claimed it was decades of U.S. aggression that drove North Korea to acquire weapons.

A politician breaks taboo and starts a conversation over whether North Korea and South Korea should give up on reunification.

The North Korean regime must abandon the delusion that nuclear weapons will protect them,” its president said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday warned North Korea that any attempt to use nuclear weapons would be met with a firm and overwhelming response from South Korea and its US allies. Speaking during an Armed Forces Day ceremony at a military base south of Seoul,

Eager citizens waved flags and aged veterans stood at attention as armor rumbled through central Seoul’s concrete canyons, while a line of Apache attack helicopters whirled overhead and formations of fighter jets thundered through the clouds.

President Yoon Suk Yeol warned Tuesday that any attempt by North Korea to use nuclear weapons would result in the regime's downfall due to South Korea's overwhelming response.

"If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will face the resolute and overwhelming response of our military and the (South Korea)-US alliance," President Yoon Suk Yeol said. View on euronews