Choe, a senior Workers' Party official, He visited Beijing last year as Kim's special envoy and met Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Officials say that addressing the shortcomings in managing America’s nuclear arsenal will likely take billions of dollars.

The Constitutional Court said the case was not probed efficiently and the victim’s rights were violated, in a ruling issued last July.

The White House has agreed to the display of the Armenian Orphan Rug, woven by orphan survivors of the Armenian Genocide.