North Korea says it may consider resuming “all temporarily suspended” nuclear and long-range weapons tests to boost its defenses against Washington’s “military threats,” amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and renewed US sanctions against Pyongyang.

Opening a defence exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un maintained the arms on display provide deterrence

North Korea has warned the US that it will face a very grave situation for sticking to over half a century of hostile policy toward Pyongyang.