North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has issued a bizarre new ban on a popular food loved by Americans, saying anyone who serves it is guilty of treason.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un reportedly said a new hypersonic missile tested this week was aimed at deterring the country's Pacific rivals.

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.

Kim Jong-un says weapon, which has a carbon fibre engine, is for self-defence and not an offensive plan and action

North Korean state media said Tuesday that the new weapon would help "contain" any enemy in the Pacific region.

North Korea said Tuesday it successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, claiming the weapon would "reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region."

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a new hypersonic missile system tested this week would help deter the country's Pacific rivals, state media reported on Tuesday (Jan 7), as Washington's top diplomat visited the region.

Kim Jong Un described the missile test as a crucial achievement in his goals to bolster North Korea's nuclear deterrence. Lee Sung Joon, Spokesperson of South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, downplayed the test,

Washington, a return to normalcy would come as a relief regardless of who’s in charge in Seoul. The current crisis has been a nightmare from which the Americans would hope to awaken and discover

NORTH KOREA said today that it had test-fired a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific. Pyongyang’s latest weapons test coincided with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowing to further expand his collection of nuclear-capable weapons to counter rival nations.

North Korea has tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile to strike remote targets in the Pacific. The testing comes weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s return to power, and outgoing secretary of state Antony Blinken’s visit to South Korea.