Some North Korea watchers think Kim and the other officials may have been using heaters while others stood out in the bitter cold.

"Yet another fake book, by a reporter who knows nothing about me, Maggot Haberman of the New York Times," Trump said.

The detail features in The New York Times' Maggie Haberman's upcoming book, "Confidence Man."

North Korea has tested a flurry of missiles in 2022 alone, with UN experts warning of a "marked acceleration" in the country's missile tests.

At least three crypto exchanges in Asia, Europe, and North America were targeted by North Korea's cyber army, which stole crypto worth $50 million.

Military analyst Joseph Dempsey noted that Kim's fixation with the rock might be a bid to prove that North Korean missiles can accurately hit targets.

The newly aired propaganda film on North Korea's economic struggles aired after a record-breaking month of missiles launches.

"If they don't see we have teeth, it's just going to keep coming," the American hacker stressed to media.

The film appeared to make a nod to Kim's weight loss as well, noting that his body has "completely withered away."

North Korea said it tested a Hwasong-12 intermediate range ballistic missile and took photos with a camera attached to the warhead.

For at least the second time this month, it seems that North Korea's websites have mysteriously gone offline.

"If the US adopts such a confrontational stance, the DPRK will be forced to take stronger and certain reaction to it," North Korea warned.

The United Nations said previously that North Korea uses stolen funds to circumvent sanctions and to support its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

The reports come as North Korea struggles with a food shortage after closing its borders with China over COVID-19 fears.

The weapon tested Tuesday was much faster than the one tested last week, according to the South Korean military.

The former North Korean defector arrived in the South in November 2020, and worked as a janitor before returning north last week.

The man was in his 30s and worked as a cleaner in a suburb of Seoul during his time in South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported.