The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to fund their weapons program.

Kim Yo Jong spoke out a day after the allies started their 11-day Freedom Shield exercise involving thousands of troops, while Washington also wages an escalating war in the Middle East.

North Korea denounced U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran while stating it respects the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson said the U.

Posts claimed the North Korean leader said Israel made a "big mistake" following the supposed attack.

State media said Kim Jong Un also inspected the construction of a third destroyer of the same class as his 5,000-ton warship, the Choe Hyon, which was unveiled in April.

By Heejin Kim and Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, March 10 (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said U.S.-South Korea military drills that began this week were a "provocative and aggressive war rehearsal" that would harm regional stability,

SYDNEY (AP) — Defending champion China edged North Korea 2-1 in a physical, high-energy game Monday to take top spot in Group B in the Women’s Asian Cup. The result sent North Korea into a quarterfinal Friday against Australia in Perth,