North Korea boasts it can 'shake the world' with missiles able to hit US

North Korea has boasted about its nuclear arsenal that is capable to hit the US.

The pariah nation has said that it is one of only a handful of countries in the world to field nuclear weapons and advanced missiles and the only one standing up to the United States by "shaking the world" with missile tests,Reuters has reported.

"In today's world where many countries waste time dealing with the United States with submission and blind obedience, there’s only our country on this planet that can shake the world by firing a missile with the US mainland in its range," North Korea's Foreign Ministry said, according to a Reuters report.

"There are more than 200 countries in the world, but only a few have hydrogen bombs, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and hypersonic missiles," the ministry added.

Tensions have increased between the US and North Korea since North Korea tested a record numbers of missiles in January. It has tested at least seven missiles in a month, including a new type of "hypersonic missile" able to manoeuvre at high speed.