The second Trump administration will face an emboldened and arguably more dangerous North Korean leader at a moment of acute alarm among the US and its allies about the threat posed by Kim Jong Un’s regime.

The cash-strapped North Korean leader has sent some 10,000 troops to help in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Moscow could be giving him money and nuclear know-how.

The Ministry of State Security in North Korea has detained two residents of the city of Haeju. According to the Daily NK portal, the reason for their arrest was critical remarks about Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader,