South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said regular joint military drills with the US could be reviewed in order to facilitate dialogue with North Korea, in his latest olive branch to Pyongyang as he seeks to reduce tensions with the nuclear-armed neighbor.

Kim has been presiding over a key party meeting this week as the country prepares for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

U.S. President Donald Trump's new global security roadmap has dropped any reference to denuclearising North Korea as a goal, fuelling speculation that Washington may be angling to boost the chances of a diplomatic breakthrough with Pyongyang in 2026.

President Trump described North Korea's border as a barrier of “seven walls of wire” electrified with “a million volts.”

The National Security Strategy released last week didn’t include a single mention of the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Un. That’s a big change from President Donald Trump’s first-term strategy.