US asks for meeting of UNSC committee monitoring sanctions against Pyongyang, which'll take place behind closed doors; new weapon’s warhead weight improved to 2.5 tons

But Washington downplays action as 'common' military testing, claims Pyongyang didn't violate Security Council resolutions; launches follow joint US-South Korean military exercises

Kim Jong Un continues to claim his country has no virus cases; Pyongyang also linked to $300 million cryptocurrency cyber-heist

Tensions rise between two Koreas in dispute over propaganda leaflets, with North Korean leader's sister Kim Yo Jong rejecting South's offer to send calming envoys

Incident north of border comes as nuclear diplomacy with US at an impasse; leader's sister, Kim Yo Jong, warned over weekend of building 'collapsing'

Shots at DMZ that hit South Korean guard post deemed unintentional, South Korean military says

South Korea insists leader of secretive country is fine, but experts say Seoul has failed to develop way to get solid information about potentially destabilizing developments

Leader reportedly believes rocket tests send an appropriate level of warning over joint military exercises that began on Monday

Pyongyang gloats that launch of new tactical guided weapon 'must have given uneasiness and agony to some targeted forces'

Move complicates efforts to resume stalled nuclear talks with Washington and signals anger in Pyongyang over planned US-South Korea joint military exercises