Analysts in Seoul have expressed growing concern that both political parties competing for the presidency in the U.S. may shift away from the long-standing goal of denuclearizing Pyongyang.

State media images of Kim Jong-un visiting a uranium enrichment plant did not include its location. But analysts say tell-tale features in the photographs are a ‘close match’ to a particular site near

North Korea has reported that its leader, Kim Jong Un, supervised successful tests of two types of missiles, one capable of carrying a 'super-large conventional warhead' and another likely for a nuclear warhead.