South Korea extended a hand, holding an agreement; North Korea raised a nuclear hammer. This encapsulates the reality on the Korean Peninsula.

Pyongyang is pruning its diplomatic network to concentrate on the partners where sanctions enforcement is weakest and digital evasion infrastructure is already in place.

"It's a very good world if you are Kim Jong Un right now," a leading North Korea analyst told Newsweek.

By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Feb 16 (Reuters) - North Korea is set to unveil new weapons development goals at its Ninth Party Congress this month, amid assessments that Pyongyang has checked off only part of a sweeping list of capabilities that leader Kim Jong Un targeted at its 2021 Congress.

Analysts differ on the question of whether Moscow would trade away highly sensitive nuclear submarine technology in exchange for battlefield support.

Kim Jong Un drove one of 50 fresh-off-the-line mobile rocket launchers delivered to the Korean People's Army Wednesday.

The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ North Korea opens street for families of soldiers killed in Russia-Ukraine war SEOUL -- North Korea has built new homes in Pyongyang for the bereaved family members of North Korean soldiers who died during the