The vessel breached the Northern Limit Line near the South Korean island of Baengnyeong at approximately 5am. It retreated after South Korean forces issued an audio warning and fired warning shots, the Joint Chiefs of Staff reported.

North Korea’s state television KRT released visuals on Friday showing leader Kim Jong Un attending a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial museum in Pyongyang, dedicated to North Korean soldiers who fought in Russia’s Kursk region.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said there is no reason to avoid dialog with the US if Washington stops insisting his country give up nuclear weapons but he will never trade away the nuclear arsenal to be free of sanctions,