North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "positive and offensive measures" to ensure safety and warned of "grave economic conditions" during a meeting with officials even as the year-end deadline for denuclearisation neared on Monday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for 'positive, offensive measures' to ensure safety

It is "more important than anything" to keep up the momentum for talks between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday.

US-North Korea talks 'more important than anything', South Korea tells China

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August amid stalled denuclearisation talks, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.

North Korea leader Kim invited Trump to Pyongyang in letter: Report

North Korea fired two short-range missiles early on Thursday from its eastern coast, South Korea's military said, the first missile test since leader Kim Jong Un and U.

North Korea fires missiles into sea, says South Korea, nuclear talks in doubt

South Korea will work with the United States and North Korea to ensure they reach agreement on denuclearisation, the South's president said on Friday, a day after talks between the US and North Korean leaders collapsed over sanctions.

South Korea to work with US and North Korea after failed nuclear talks