North Korea's Kim Yo Jong stated that relations between Kim Jong Un and Trump are not bad, but any dialogue must acknowledge North Korea as a nuclear power.

North Korea has said relations between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump are “not bad”, signalling potential willingness to enter into talks with the new US administration for the first time.

In what was arguably the most pointed part of her statement, Kim repeated that the North will not give up its nuclear weapons. She urged the US to accept that North Korea's nuclear capabilities are now a part of the global landscape.

North Korea has firmly rejected any overtures from South Korea, declaring it will not participate in talks of any kind, according to media on Monday.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, dismisses U.S. calls for renewed denuclearization talks, asserting North Korea's position as a nuclear weapons state. She criticizes the U.S. stance and emphasizes North Korea's strengthened nuclear deterrent.

North Korea rejected overtures for dialogue from the new administration in Seoul, signaling that Pyongyang retains a hardline stance after the election of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.

Russia and North Korea have begun a new chapter in their deepening ties with the launch of direct commercial flights between Moscow and Pyongyang. The

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets members of the special delegation of South Korea's President in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 6, 2018.