North Korea leader holds off on Guam missile plan, to watch US moves

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has delayed a decision to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam while he waits to see "the foolish Yankees" next actions before making a move, announced the country's media on Tuesday.

The Korean Central News Agency in a report said Kim Jong Un inspected the command of the country's army on Monday, examining a plan to fire four missiles to land near the US Pacific territory of Guam,

He said that if the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the Korean peninsula and in its vicinity, testing the self-restraint of the DPRK, the latter will make an important decision as it already declared, the report said.

Photos released by the KCNA shows Kim holding a baton and pointing at a map showing a flight path for the missiles appearing to start from North Korea's east coast, flying over Japan towards Guam.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA)

Korea's threat against Guam last week escalated tensions between the two sides with this latest report pointing to a pause in the increasingly bitter war of words with US President Donald Trump saying the US military was "locked and loaded" if North Korea acted unwisely.

Meanwhile, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has urged the US not to launch an attack on the Korean peninsula without its consent, saying "no one may decide to take military action without the consent" of the South.