EXCLUSIVE: “Kim Jong Un will have his eyes glued to the window because just as Putin wants Ukraine and thinks he should have it – so Kim Jong-un thinks he should have South Korea", an expert believes

John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, said of Hegseth's remarks on North Korea's status as a nuclear power: "We've not made such a recognition. I can't speak to what the incoming team will—how they'll characterize it. We've not gone so far as to make that recognition."

While South Korea experiences historic domestic political turmoil, Kim Jong Un and his regime continue to threaten peace and stability in the region and pose a direct threat to the U.S. homeland.

The launch event came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat and other issues.

South Korea’s military says North Korea has test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters in its second launch event of 2025.

The danger of violence begins with the security service defending the president — and extends to firebrands confronting one another.

Kim Jong Un warned that North Korea ’s rivals could not ignore its new hypersonic ballistic missile, which was tested while US secretary of state Antony Blinken was visiting South Korea on Monday.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke for 40 minutes in court, in a hearing on whether to set him free, or extend his detention for around another 20 days. The court's ruling is expected late on Saturday or early Sunday.

Kenya's interior minister said the east African nation had deployed another 217 police officer to Haiti as part of a multinational force to curb gang violence.

Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pushed past lines of police to enter the court, some destroying furniture and blasting fire extinguishers at officers trying to suppress them.

“Over the course of next year, Putin will likely face mounting domestic problems. Russia’s central bank has forecast economic growth of 0.5 to 1.5 per cent in 2025, down from 3.5 to 4 per cent in 2024, suggesting that the wartime boom may have run its course.”