People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on 14 January. North Korea was said to have fired a ballistic missile that day and this was confirmed b.
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un said his regime has "no intention of avoiding war" with South Korea following the breakdown of buffer zones between the countries.
The Japanese government was taken aback by Kim Jong-un’s surprise sympathy message after the deadly New Year’s Day quake. Analysts say there’s more than just commiseration at play.