North Korea’s decision to pull its workers out of the Kaesong joint industrial zone and suspend all commercial operations at the complex “cannot be justified,” South Korea said Monday.

Foreign diplomats in Pyongyang huddled today to discuss a North Korean evacuation advisory as concerns grew that the isolated state was preparing a missile launch at a time of soaring nuclear tensions.

The United States has scrambled to reinforce its Pacific missile defences, preparing to send ground-based interceptors to Guam, as North Korea said Thursday it had approved plans for nuclear strikes on US targets.

South Korea’s new President on Monday promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced that the two countries were now in a state of war.

Tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians held a huge rally and march in Pyongyang on Friday, in a mass display of support for a possible military strike against the United States.

South Korea warned today that it would retaliate against any provocation from North Korea, a day after the North threatened to tear up the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.

North Korea has warned the top US commander in South Korea to cancel upcoming drills aimed at deterring Pyongyang’s military provocations.

North Korea has released a new propaganda video showing US soldiers and President Barack Obama burning in the flames of a nuclear blast.

New US secretary of state John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart have agreed to make sure North Korea is punished if it carries out its threat to conduct a nuclear test.

Psy hailed his ascent to “Billion Style” on Saturday, after the South Korean rapper’s viral hit became the first video to break a billion views on YouTube, marking a historic milestone on the Internet