North Korea has successfully relaunched its second destroyer after the vessel was damaged during a failed launch in May. Leader Kim Jong-un, speaking a day before the second ceremony, pledged to build two new warships each year to counter perceived external threats.

South Korea's foreign ministry emphasised its efforts to reopen communication with Pyongyang to ease tensions, without directly commenting on Trump's letter South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it is working closely with the United States to revive dialogue with North Korea,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly escalating his nation's capacity to manufacture more nuclear weapons amid growing WW3 concerns. Experts analyzing recent satellite imagery have identified the construction of a new enrichment facility at North Korea's primary Yongbyon nuclear complex.