North Korea v USA news LIVE: Kim Jong-un launches 'ballistic' missiles into Sea of Japan
Monday August 28 5:10am: Kim Jong-un writes to UN Security to complain about aggressive behaviour by the US.
NORTH Korea has written to the UN Security Council to demand discussion over "provocative and aggressive" South Korean and US military exercises, the state media reported on Sunday.
His complaints follow years of military threats from the tyrannical ruler, who has previously pledged to wipe the US off the face of the earth.
This is the latest protest by the hermit kingdom against the 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian Exercise which is due to end Thursday.
The Ulchi Freedom Guardian Exercise involves a total of 17,500 troops from the US, South Korea, Britain, and elsewhere taking part in exercises in Goyang, South Korea to prepare for war against despot leader Kim Jong-un.
The US described the exercises as "defensive in nature" although North Korea dismissed their claims as a "deceptive mask".
Sunday August 27 2:50pm: Tillerson says firing of three missiles by North Korea was an act of provocation US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday the firing of three ballistic missiles by North Korea this week was a provocative act but that the US will continue to seek a peaceful resolution.
He said in an interview with Fox News: "The firing of any ballistic missile is a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. "We do view it as a provocative act against the United States and our allies.
Were going to continue our peaceful pressure campaign as I have described it, working with allies, working with China as well to see if we can bring the regime in Pyongyang to the negotiating table. Mr Tillerson also denied that he and President Donald Trump had misread North Korean leader Kim Jong-un when they said he appeared to be succumbing to diplomatic pressure.
He said: The firing of any ballistic missile is a violation of U.N.
11:08am: Americans tourists rush to North Korea Americans hoping to see Pyongyang are scrambling to book flights before they are banned from entering the reclusive nation. From September 1, 2017 US passports will not be valid for travel to North Korea.
The ban was imposed after the death of Otta Warmbier, the Ohio student who was locked up in North Korea for more than a year, and who was returned to his family in a coma.
The US State Department has confirmed that Americans will be able to travel to the DPRK with "special validation".
US passports will be invalid for travel to, through and in North Korea, and individuals will be required to obtain a passport with a special validation in order to travel to or within North Korea, a spokesperson told CNN.
4am: A report from the International Atomic Energy Agency has claimed the secretive state are continuing to develop materials for use in nuclear weapons, while construction is underway to expand their facility in Yongbyon.
In a report the IAEA said: There were indications consistent with the reactors operation, including steam discharges and the outflow of cooling water, "Based on past operational cycles, the current cycle could be expected to continue until late 2017.".
Saturday August 26 10.15pm: North Korea's new video game which allows players to kill US Marines A new video game has been released in North Korea which allows players to kill US Marines, according to the country's state-run media.
The first-person shooting game, titled 'Hunting Yankee', challenges players to shoot US troops and has been branded as a sniper-rifle battle against US injustice.
Arirang-Meari, a North Korean online media outlet, reports: "The 3D-amusement entertainment program 'Hunting Yankee' is a fighting game of shooting and knocking down Yankees with a sniper gun… behind enemy lines.
"Users can perform a variety of special actions in a virtual world reminded of a cliff-hanger battle scene." 7:20pm: North Korea denounced US report accusing the regime of religious persecution North Korea has denounced a US report that accused its regime of severe religious persecution and accused Washington of trying to tarnish Pyongyang's image.
The country's state-run news agency, KCNA, said North Korea categorically rejected the report, branding it as the thing that does not deserve even a passing note." A spokesman for the countrys Religious Believers Council said the US action is nothing but a last-ditch effort for tarnishing at any cost the international image and strategic position (of North Korea).
and further fanning up the climate of sanctions and pressure against the DPRK. . 4:02pm: US military revises statement on North Korea missile test The US Pacific command has revised its initial statement that said two of the three missiles "failed in flight".
US officials have confirmed that North Korea's ballistic missile launches yesterday travelled more than 155 miles, but posed no threat to the US mainland or Guam.
US Pacific Command said: "The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) determined that the three ballistic missile launches did not pose a threat to North America.
The US Pacific Command determined the three ballistic missile launches from North Korea did not pose a threat to Guam.
"US Pacific Command stands behind out ironclad commitment to the security of our allies in the Republic of Korea and Japan." 11:56am: North Korea's latest missile test was not a threat to Japan, according to the Japanese Government.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed that the projectiles did not strike Japanese waters and said they posed no direct threat to the nation's safety.
10:10am: Kim Jong-un prepares to invade South Korean Islands Kim Jong-un is preparing his soldiers to take over a South Korean island, North Korea's state propaganda has revealed.
In a series of simulated drills, warplanes and missile launchers bombarded a mocked-up war zone. Simulated attacks on South Korea's border islands of Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong saw paratroopers leap from planes while others swept into position on dinghies.
The DPRK state media said Kim "expressed great satisfaction" with the exercises. .
9:40am: US 'ready to fight' North Korea The US has revealed its army is ready to attack North Korea at any time. General Vincent Brooks said: "We have the responsibility of providing military options to our national leaders.
"Exercises are a way of making the option is a ready option, a capable option.
"Being in readiness to fight tonight, if we have to, is something we will do." These latest North Korea missile tests come as thousands of US and South Korean troops are taking part in joint military exercises. 9am: US officials have claimed North Korea's three short-range missile launches either failed or exploded almost immediately.
Reporting from its Hawaii headquarters, US Pacific Command said: The first and third missiles at 11.49am (10.49pm BST) and 12.19pm (11.19pm BST) failed in flight. "The second missile launch at 1207pm (1107pm BST) appears to have blown up almost immediately." 8am: North Korea launch 'ballistic missiles' Kim Jong-un last night, according to the United States military.
The missiles are believed to have been launched from the North Korean province of Gangwon. They flew for about 155 miles (250km) before landing in the Sea of Japan.
The projectiles were launched at 06:49 on Saturday (21:49 GMT Friday), South Koreas defence ministry said.
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