South Korea’s military has claimed that North Korea has launched an unidentified projectile toward the sea off its east coast, amid reports that the US intends to seek new anti-Pyongyang sanctions at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

A US nuclear-powered carrier strike group has been deployed to the waters off the Korean peninsula for the first time since 2017 amid rapidly escalating tensions with North Korea over its missile tests.

Here are the Press TV's latest top stories at 0200 GMT, on March 24, 2022.

The US and South Korea have rattled sabres after North Korea tested a missile on Wednesday amid reports it is also repairing its nuclear test site.

A top US intelligence organization accuses North Korea of preparing the ground for a return to intercontinental ballistic missile and nuclear bomb tests this year for the first time since 2017.

North Korea has reportedly fired at least one suspected ballistic missile in what rival South Korea and Japan describe as an “apparent test” just ahead of presidential election in the South.

The United States is pushing for talks with North Korea following its latest ballistic missile test on Sunday, which was reportedly its longest such test since 2017.

Pyongyang’s sixth round of missile tests in January have many purposes, with analysts suggesting leader Kim Jong-un is trying to influence South Korea’s upcoming presidential election

North Korea says it may consider resuming “all temporarily suspended” nuclear and long-range weapons tests to boost its defenses against Washington’s “military threats,” amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and renewed US sanctions against Pyongyang.

The Biden administration has slapped sanctions on five North Korean officials over Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test.