Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump held talks three times during the latter's first term to dial down long-standing tensions between the two countries, before the talks collapsed in 2018.

Kim's speech “clarified the strategy for the toughest anti-US counteraction to be launched aggressively” by North Korea for its long-term national interests and security.

A major plane crash occurred in South Korea on December 29. There were over 180 people on board the aircraft, and it is ...