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North fired more than 20 missiles — one of which splashed down near the South Korean sea border It was a significant escalation in a year that has already seen the most North Korean missile test launches ever North Korean officials got raged over US-South Korean military drills, promising a violent response , and it raises an important question: How much further will they go? North Korea's playbook has traditionally been to continually ratchet up provocations until it gets US attention — and can then negotiate for sanctions relief or other concessions from what it sees as a position of power.

The North Korean media recently published photographs of Kim smiling and smoking cigarettes at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the inauguration of a fertiliser plant. 

An airline source said Kim Han Sol was arriving in Kuala Lumpur on an AirAsia flight from Macau.  

North Korean ambassador Kang Chol told reporters the embassy had only ever identified the victim as Kim Chol, based on passport carried by the dead man.