U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated mention of North Korea as a "nuclear power" might be an effort to lure Pyongyang back to the negotiating table as the recalcitrant regime wants "de facto" U.S. recognition as a nuclear-armed country,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he still has a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with whom he held several summits during his first term, and referred to North Korea once again as a "nuclear power.

In a statement issued via state media on Monday, the North Korean Foreign Ministry called the Freedom Shield drills "a dangerous provocative act of leading the acute situation on the Korean peninsula, which may spark off a physical conflict between the two sides by means of an accidental single shot, to the extreme point."

Does U.S. President Donald Trump plan to seek a dialogue with North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un? On February 7, as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru , Trump stated, “We will have relations with North Korea,

U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, referring to North Korea as a nuclear power. During an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte,

US President Donald Trump stated that he still maintains good relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with whom he held several summits during his first term. The White House leader once again referred to North Korea as a "nuclear state,