North Korea's state media released photos Thursday of what it said was the hull of a nuclear submarine. Its leader denounced South Korea's plans to build its own subs as "an offensive act."

North Korea state media photos showed a largely completed nuclear-powered submarine hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea's push to acquire the technology

Pyongyang will likely open room for a summit meeting with Washington while excluding dialogue opportunities with Seoul.

The arms race between North and South Korea has expanded underwater as the North ​on Thursday condemned the South’s plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine as a security threat and unveiled​ the completed hull of

An institute under North Korea's Foreign Ministry criticized remarks by an official in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's office sayin