North Korea's foreign minister on Sunday expressed "strong regret" over UN chief Antonio Guterres' condemnation of the country's intercontinental ballistic missile launch, a statement in state-run outlet KCNA said.
The seven recent North Korean missile launches were all "tactical nuclear" drills, state media said Monday, which were personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un.
Standing beside North Korea's largest missiles, leader Kim Jong Un said his country's weapons development is necessary in the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military buildup in South Korea, state media said on Tuesday.
North Korea has issued a warning to people not to speak about national leader Kim Jong Un's health after he recently lost weight, describing such discourse as a "reactionary act."