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At least six people who showed fever symptoms died, with one of those case confirmed to have contracted the Omicron variant of the virus

President Moon met with leader Kim Jong Un four times, and brokered high-profile talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

The impoverished nation has also been under a rigid self-imposed coronavirus blockade that has hammered its economy.

Washington and Seoul are security allies and the United States stations around 28,500 troops in South Korea

Pyongyang has already carried out several missile launches this month

The reported launches are the first since March by the North, which has not carried out a nuclear test or an intercontinental ballistic missile launch since 2017.

IAEA inspectors were kicked out of North Korea in 2009, and the agency has since monitored it from outside.

Leader Kim himself tearfully thanked his people for not having had any cases at a military parade in October, although analysts have long doubted the assertion.

Pictures showed at least four of the missiles with black-and-white cones being driven past flag-waving crowds

On the campaign trail, Biden said he would not meet with Kim without preconditions and accused Trump of "emboldening" the North Korean leader.

The cavalcade will mark the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party and satellite imagery on the respected 38North website suggests it could be huge.

Pyongyang is subject to a range of restrictions imposed since 2017 that limit its oil imports and ban exports of coal, fish and textiles.

While localised, the typhoon damage is testing the North's state capacity and resources.

Kim was addressing a conference of veterans on the 67th anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended Korean War hostilities.

Pyongyang insists it has not had a single case of COVID-19

The two men -- one surnamed Han, 87, and the other Ro, 90 -- say they were captured during the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea's harshest criticism of Washington came on Friday, and casts doubt over the future of the two sides' long-stalled nuclear talks process.

Kim Jong Un said the time had come to bring about a "decisive turn" in the North's economic development.

In a meeting with officials from the Senate Arms Committee, U.S. Forces Korea Commander Robert Abrams warned that North Korea's military program "remains unchecked."

South Korea move to lift sanctions is aimed at encouraging North Korea down the path of denuclearization.

The "new line" of putting economic development first has been Kim's top priority this year.

Speculation about a visit to Beijing by North Korea's reclusive leader or possibly his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong ran high.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will meet US president, Donald Trump in May, South Korea's national security adviser has told reporters.

Seoul's gesture comes after successful sports diplomacy during the Olympic games in which North Korean players took part.

A pro-North Korea paper says the US must "give up its reckless hostile policy".

The South Korean president has asked Washington and Pyongyang to lower their expectations before engaging in a dialogue.

Female cheering squad seen at Winter Olympics reported to be forced into sexual acts by North Korea military personal.

North Korea's top delegation, led by Kim Yong-chol, is in South Korea to take part in the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

Both speculation and expectation of possible talks are growing since the US first daughter Ivanka Trump will also be present at the closing ceremony.

South Korean foreign ministry says inter-Korea and US-Korea talks are the only ways to ease tensions in the Korean peninsula.