North Korea on Friday doubled down on expanding its nuclear forces, warning it will use "strategic means" to counter military cooperation between the U.S. and its South Korean ally. Newsweek reached out to the North Korean embassy in China with a request for comment by email.

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Pyongyang has accused the U.S. of "typical Yankee-style arrogance and shameless and gangster-like double-standards."

North Korea's defence ministry said on Saturday "military provocations" by the United States and its allies were becoming more "pronounced" under the current Trump administration, according to state media.

"The return of tourists could help reshape North Korea's reputation, shifting it from a 'dangerous country' in the eyes of the international community to a potentially 'safe' travel destination," Dr Yee Ji Sun, a researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification, told The Independent.

The White House in January said that the " complete denuclearization " of North Korea remains President Donald Trump 's priority. However, Kim Jong Un, the North's leader, refused to give up his nuclear weapons and vowed to expand the nation's nuclear arsenal.

North Korea has criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the “absurd” goal of denuclearizing the North and says it will push to expand its nuclear forces under the direction of its authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea has denounced the U.S. and its allies for pursuing what it called the "absurd" goal of denuclearization, vowing instead to bolster its nuclear capabilities under leader Kim Jong Un. The statement,

A guide who took some of the first foreigners to North Korea in five years told BI that he had tourists from the UK, Jamaica, and Germany.