President Trump floats sanctions relief for North Korea denuclearization as Secretary of State Marco Rubio maintains focus on nuclear disarmament policy.

North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable "pipe dream," according to state media KCNA.

President Lee Jae-myung said on the 1st regarding North Korea’s harsh expressions, including criticism directed at South Korea, “The intensity of the expressions seems to have significantly softened compared to the past.

Kim Jong Un made the comments at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for North Korean soldiers who fought for Russia in its war with Ukraine, state media said.

North Korea's top diplomat has visited the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meeting follows last month's meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un in Beijing.

President Donald Trump noted that he'd be willing to extend his trip to meet with Kim Jong Un of North Korea, if the foreign official wants to meet.

North Korea has turned deception into strategy, weaponizing ambiguity to mask nuclear progress. Its success reveals how bureaucratic inertia within US intelligence creates blind spots.

A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border. The South Korean military says it took the custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border on Sunday.

Australia is conducting an active mission to monitor North Korea's illegal ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned goods.