10.42pm - Russian diplomat and an expert in Asian studies, Professor Georgy Toloraya said that if conflict broke out, a number of countries “will be living under a threat of a nuclear volcano erupting" - and South Korea would be turned into a “desert”.

He said: “Everyone understands perfectly well that for North Korea, if it initiates an aggressive strike, a military conflict will mean a complete and immediate destruction, because no one can deny the US military might.

“However, for the US, attempts to solve this problem militarily also bring on a retaliatory strike by North Korea that would turn South Korea into a desert.”

9.45pm - North Korea are testing new missiles because Kim Jong-un believes the United States is waiting to invade their hermit nation, according to a foreign affairs expert Chris Ogden, who is a senior lecturer at the School of International Relations at St Andrews.

8.15pm - North Korea state media said the nation "can never stop bolstering up the nuclear deterrent".

And added that "no one can guess when a nuclear war may break out".

The statement from Kim's mouthpiece added: "The USA's more persistent moves to launch a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula would precipitate its final doom."

6.06pm - Children are taught the US will destroy their nation in lessons at nursery school, it has been revealed.

Expert Sam Yoon, executive director of the influential Council of Korean Americans, said there is a serious cultural understanding gap between the USA and the North which needs to be addressed.

5.15pm - Seoul has revaled it is currently training special forces units to infiltrate Pyongyang and hunt down the dictator Kim Jong-Un and his closest advisers.

If war breaks out specialist troops have been given orders to assassinate the despot.

And the military has also been ordered to upgrade its air defences, as well as improve its ability to carry out airborne and sea landings.

3.00pm - US demands ‘concerted action’ to end North Korea’s threats

Donald Trump’s US disarmament envoy, has called for concerted action from the international community to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programmes.

Robert Wood, speaking in Geneva, told his international counterparts that the full enforcement of UN sanctions against Pyongyang by all members will achieve the “maximum pressure needed to bring North Korea into compliance”.

2.00pm - Trump tweets: "Talking is not the answer"

President Trump has taken to Twitter once again to ramp up tensions between the US and North Korea.

After visiting Texas yesterday as the US is battered by Storm Harvey, the President has turned his attention to foriegn relations once again.

He wrote: "The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!"