SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected military industrial factories, calling them to expand production of shells that meet modern warfare needs, state media KCNA said on Saturday.

Trump "remains receptive" to reengaging with South Korean strongman Kim Jong Un, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said.

North Korea says it has repaired and relaunched a naval destroyer that capsized during a failed launch attempt, but defense experts remain skeptical about the regime’s claim of a quick recovery.

North Korea appears to have stopped broadcasting loud noises towards the South, Seoul's military said Thursday, one day after South Korea halted its anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker campaign near the demilitarized zone.

North Korea appears to have stopped loudspeakers near the border targeting South Korea, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday. The JCS said that North Korean loudspeaker broadcasts were not heard on Thursday,

South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border. It's a move aimed at easing tensions.