The new missile could deliver 2,000 to 3,500 kilograms of payload to any point in the continental US, notes Rajaram Panda.
Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Monday with a team of retired professional basketball players to mark the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
In their first summit since Chinese President Hu Jintao assumed power last year, the two leaders discussed the nuclear crisis and Chinese aid for North Korea.
The United States, Japan and South Korea have decided to launch a united and strong international response to North Korea's claim of a successful hydrogen bomb test.
The latest launch came just five days after Pyongyang fired two short-range ballistic missiles.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un ordered a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party's -- and his own family's -- rise to absolute power. It's not just any parade: It was apparently the biggest in North Korean history.
In any oppressive regime, if you challenge the supreme leader, you stop existing -- literally. This happens even if you are Jang Song Thaek, the second-most powerful person in secretive North Korea, and related to the dear leader.
Trump said the summit ended with no agreement because he was not willing to lift all the sanctions on North Korea.
Rodman, who is one of a handful of Westerners to have visited reclusive North Korea and met Kim Jong Un, arrived in Singapore on Monday, the eve of the summit, declaring he was "excited to be part of it".
'Thank you to Chairman Kim Jong Un for keeping your word & starting the process of sending home the remains of our great and beloved missing fallen'
'Pyongyang's strategy seems to be a cry to be treated as equal with the US and Beijing and this aspiration is premised on equipping itself with weapons as devastating as theirs,' says Rajaram Panda.
The Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang has been chosen for the meeting in late February.
Ahead of the G-20 summit in Osaka this week, Xi has reasserted China's role as a global player, points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
Moon Jae-in hope that the summit will open a new era of complete denuclearisation, peace.
Disgraced scientist A Q Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, has said he doubts North Korea will explode an atomic device in its current face-off with the United States and South Korea.
Trump, who personally greeted the trio at the Andrews Air Force Base, praised Kim for their release ahead of their summit.
The birthday of Kim Jong-Un, the dictator of North Korea, was celebrated by airing a documentary on the country's "supreme leader" on state television.
Though the name of Kim Jong-Un was absent from a list of 687 Supreme People's Assembly deputies elected in 2009, the 27-year-old was appointed to Parliament under the pseudonym of "Kim Jong", Dong-A Ilbo newspaper quoted a Western source informed in North Korean affairs as saying.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), top officials, including the country's leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting to discuss the outbreak and announced they would implement a 'maximum emergency' virus control system.
Stepping up efforts to ensure trouble-free transition of power in North Korea following the death of its close ally Kim Jong Il, China on Tuesday launched telephone diplomacy to highlight the need for maintaining peace and stability in the Stalinist state.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has been promoted as a military general, the clearest sign yet that he is in line to succeed his father as the country's leader.
Kim Yong Chol delivered a letter from the North Korean leader to Trump.
'The sanctions are biting him.' 'He also has a chance to come out into the world and reshape his nation.'
Sharath Kamal's illustrious two-decade career came to an end on Saturday as he lost to Snehit Suravajjula in the men's singles round of 16 match at the WTT Star Contender 2025.
Rediff.com brings you some unseen pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
South Korean President's office says Kim promised to close N Korea's nuclear test site next month.
Trump said it would be tremendous for the world if the meeting went well.
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'Xi Jinping is keen that the second Trump-Kim summit happens soonest.' 'Kim is reported to have told Xi that he expects to achieve a result from a second summit that the international community would welcome,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
'Kim has once again shown astuteness and statesmanship by securing China's support precisely just when it matters most to him,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The visit, Kim's third since March, is taking place amid sharp escalation rhetoric between Beijing and Washington over tariffs almost spiralling into a trade war.
Former US President Obama was featured wearing a number of ensembles some gladiator-inspired and a basketball one among others.
The red-shingled, colonial-style Capella is a five-star hotel on the Sentosa island, which boasts several resorts, hotels, two golf courses and a theme park.
'Much depends on Moon's persuasive skill to make both Trump and Kim shed some of their rigidity and be flexible to accommodate contrarian viewpoints,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
The 792-room luxury five-star hotel has been mentioned as a possible venue for the talks as it has held major conferences over the years.
Is North Korea really dismantling its nuclear programme? Rajaram Panda explains the many challenges to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula.
These pictures offer a glimpse in the life of ordinary North Koreans as they prepare for the event.
The letter comes as the two sides negotiate details of a second meeting between the two leaders. It was flown to Pyongyang and delivered by hand, the CNN reported, quoting a source familiar with the ongoing talks between Washington and Pyongyang on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Rediff.com shares some of the lighter moments of the North Korean autocrat.
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