A senior US official said Washington expects Seoul to uphold alliance standards on intelligence and counterintelligence. South Korea’s spy agency says the misunderstanding is in the past, but its top general told lawmakers US intelligence sharing on North Korea is still partly restricted.

South Korea's military has destroyed a North Korean minefield south of the Military Demarcation Line, two weeks after a blast wounded three of its soldiers. Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul called the operation the first of its kind in the DMZ's history. North Korea denies planting the mines.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the Wonsan area toward the sea on Saturday morning, South Korea and Japan said. A day earlier Kim Yo Jong rejected Seoul's demand for an apology over a landmine blast in the DMZ.

North Korea told the UN General Assembly its nuclear status 'can never be reversed', while South Korea's military said North Korean landmines very likely caused a DMZ explosion that seriously injured two of its soldiers.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung used his UN address to outline a phased approach: halt further nuclear advances, reduce capabilities, then pursue denuclearisation.

North Korea has appointed Kim Song Gi as defence minister and reassigned No Kwang Chol in a broader military leadership reshuffle.

The US, South Korea and Japan will hold Freedom Edge 2026 in international waters east and south of Jeju from September 7 to 11. What the defensive, multi-domain drill tests, and why North Korea is warning of retaliation.