US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday that analysis continued on North Korea`s most recent missile test, but he did not believe its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) posed an imminent threat to the United States

Mattis says North Korean ICBM not yet a 'capable threat' against US

Russia and China have been interacting on coordinating action on North Korea at the UN Security Council

Trump calls Putin to discuss North Korea as Korean peninsula simmers

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday of the danger of 'sleepwalking' into conflict

China's Xi says war must not be allowed to break out on Korean peninsula

President Trump's national security advisor(NSA), H.R. McMaster, said that denuclearization is "the only viable objective in North Korea."?

Tillerson not creating new policy on North Korea: US State Department

The officials exchanged views on 'joint steps,' the ministry said in a statement.

Russia and China discuss coordination on North Korea

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un told scientists that his country would continue to manufacturing "more latest weapons and equipment"

Ready to talk but North Korea should be ready to make a choice: Tillerson

The council's sanctions committee on North Korea will meet later Monday to hear a briefing from a UN humanitarian official on the impact of recent punitive measures

UN sanctions affecting aid in North Korea: Rights chief

North Korea blamed US 'nuclear blackmail' for the soaring tensions over its weapons programme

North Korea talks to UN, blames US for tensions

'Considering the fact that the mentally deranged dotard openly called for a total destruction of a sovereign state at the UN, this action is not so surprising,' a foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying

North Korea condemns 'mentally deranged dotard' Trump over Jerusalem

Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un have traded threats of war and personal insults in recent months

North Korea condemns 'dotard' Trump over Jerusalem

Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera did not refer to North Korea when announcing the planned acquisition and said the new missiles would be for defence, with Japan still relying on the United States to strike any enemy bases

Japan to acquire air-launched missiles able to strike North Korea

The three players will take on Japan in the final round of East Asian Football Championship in Tokyo on Saturday

Born in Japan, playing for North Korea under shadow of missile crisis

Gold prices steadied on Friday but were on track for their biggest weekly fall since May ahead of US?employment data later that could influence the pace of US?interest rate rises.

Dollar rise pushes gold toward biggest weekly fall since May

China was recently reported to have conducted military drills over the sea bordering North Korea as a 'warning' to the United States

US threats make war 'unavoidable': North Korea

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WION evening news brief, December 7, 2017

The five-day Vigilant Ace drill -- involving some 230 aircraft including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters -- began on Monday

Watch: US B-1B bombers join aerial drill with South Korea

'Analysts suggest Chinese military drills as a warning to the United States and South Korea against attacking North Korea,' a WION TV report said

China holds military drills near North Korea border, 'warns' US

South Korean President Moon Jae-In will visit China next week for talks on North Korea and other issues, his office said Wednesday, amid tentative signs of diplomatic movement after months of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile threats

South Korea's Moon to visit China for talks on North Korea

Rex Tillerson will hold talks over lunch with European Union foreign ministers and the bloc's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini, before a two-day NATO meeting set to focus on North Korea's missile programme and concerns over perceived hostility from Russia

Tillerson to meet EU, NATO leaders to discuss North Korea

China is reluctant to be more active in dealing with Pyongyang for fear of consolidating the US take over in the region

Opinion: The greatest threat to China is US, not the Kim regime

Chinese foreign minister said that it was regrettable all parties had not "grasped the window of opportunity" presented by two months of calm

US, South Korea ariel drills pushing Korean peninsula to brink of nuclear war: North Korea

The comments came as White House National Security Advisor H.R McMaster warned of the "increasing" possibility of war with the impoverished but nuclear-armed North

North Korea today blasted US and South Korea as 'warmongers'

The body will also meet separately this month to discuss human rights abuses in the North Asian country, an annual meeting that its ally China has tried to prevent for the past three years

UN council to meet on North Korea rights abuses, nuclear programme in December

The White House said that he is still in the job and there are no personnel announcements at this time

White House dismisses reports of Tillerson replacement

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