North Korea fired a missile early on Tuesday that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific

Insist that North Korea respect UN resolutions: Russia

Missile experts said the latest missile fired by North Korea could be an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile

North Korea fires missile over Japan

With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) more powerful than any it has previously tested

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

Japan has frozen the assets of Chinese and Namibian firms doing business with North Korea

Japan hits nuclear-armed North Korea with fresh sanctions

Tensions between North Korea and the United States and its allies soared last month after Pyongyang tested two long-range missiles that appeared to bring US cities within its range

Talks with North Korea may be close, says Tillerson

The US slapped sanctions on 16 Chinese and Russian individuals and companies, accusing them of supporting the North Korean nuclear program and attempting to evade US sanctions

US sanctions Chinese, Russians over support to North Korea nuclear programme

UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday it was time to 'dial down rhetoric and dial up diplomacy'?on North Korea and that he had told Russia, Japan, the United States, China and North and South Korea that he was available to help broker talks

North Korea to UN chief: Nuclear programme not up for negotiation

I will prevent war at all cost, South Korean president Moon Jae-In told reporters at a press confrence

No military action on Korean peninsula without our agreement, says South Korean President

State-owned Yuzhmash said it had not produced military-grade ballistic missiles since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991

Ukraine denies selling missile technology to North Korea

Meanwhile, the head of the US military has asked China to step up pressure on North Korea, Pentagon spokesman reports

Trump praises Kim Jong-Un's 'wise' decision to halt Guam missile test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the command of the North's army on Monday, examining a plan to fire four missiles on Guam

North Korea defers decision on firing missiles at US, Kim Jong spotted examining strike plan

Beijing had pledged to fully enforce the latest sanctions against its diplomatic ally after coming under pressure from the United States to do more to compel Pyongyang to drop its nuclear weapons programme

China halts iron, seafood imports from North Korea

On Thursday Trump had warned that Pyongyang would face 'fire and fury' if it kept threatening the United States

Military option with North Korea 'locked and loaded': Trump

The war of words has set off diplomatic alarm bells, and raised fears of a miscalculation that could lead to catastrophic consequences on the Korean peninsula and beyond.

Fire and fury warning to North Korea maybe not enough: Trump

Any conflict would likely escalate quickly to the use of nuclear weapons

Any new Korean war could quickly escalate to catastrophe

China has increased its trade with North Korea in recent years and done little to forestall North Korea?s nuclear ambitions.

China is the key to avoiding nuclear 'fire and fury' in North Korea

Trump, enjoying a working holiday at his New Jersey golf course, went on to boast that the US nuclear arsenal was 'more powerful than ever'

US on North Korea: 'speaking with one voice'

Hwasong-12 rockets would pass over Japan and land in the sea about 30km (17 miles) from Guam if the plan was approved by Kim Jong-un, the official KCNA news agency said

North Korea says it will develop Guam strike plan by 'mid-August'

Asian shares and US stock futures slipped after Pyongyang said it is considering plans to attack Guam, just hours after US President Donald Trump told North Korea that any threat to the United States would be met with "fire and fury."

Sensex dips over Korea tension

The exercise around Japan's southern Kyushu island involved two US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers and two Japanese F-2 jet fighters, Japan's Air Self Defence Force (ASDF) said in a news release

Japanese fighters conducted air drills with US B-1B bombers on Tuesday

The comments have come a day after the verbal war between North Korea and the United States

Trump now threatens North Korea with US nuclear might

The threats followed after the US President Donald Trump had warned North Korea with 'fire and fury' over its nuclear ambitions

Guam keeps its cool after North Korea strike threat

Pyongyang said it was 'carefully examining' a plan to strike Guam, an island of around 162,000 in the western Pacific and the site of a US military base that hosts a submarine squadron, an air base and a Coast Guard group

North Korea threatens strike on Guam after Trump's 'fire and fury' warning

China will pay the biggest price from the new UN sanctions because of its close economic relationship with North Korea but will always enforce the resolution, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said

China says willing to pay price for new UN sanctions against North Korea

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