North Korea

Her unexpected appearance raises prospect that leadership of totalitarian state could pass to a 4th generation of Kims

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said there had been no reports of damage

North Korea said in September it had never supplied weapons or ammunition to Russia and has no plans to do so

North Korea has had several failed ICBM tests this year, according to South Korean and U.S. officials

SRBMs were fired from the Tongcheon area in the North's Gangwon province

Seoul imposed its first unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang in nearly five years

Missiles fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone

Inoki became one of the biggest names on Japan's pro-wrestling's circuit in the 1960s

The drills were held in international waters off the Korean peninsula's east coast

Harris is set to attend former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's funeral on Tuesday

South Korea's National Security Council holds an emergency meeting to discuss response measures

Pyongyang refers to recent military exercises conducted by the US, South Korean and Japanese forces

Amid concerns North Korea could be preparing to conduct its first nuclear test in five years

The North's 14th known weapons test this year comes days before the South's new president

Kim Jong Un responds to letter from South's Moon Jae-in, letters call for 'hope' and 'dialogue'

It would be the first full-capability launch of the nuclear-armed state's largest missiles since 2017

North Korea decides to skip next month’s Beijing Olympics due to pandemic and “hostile forces’ moves

Japan says missile 'likely' fell outside exclusive economic zone

Border crossing came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borders in early 2020

China denounces this as a 'severe violation of basic norms governing international relations'

South Korean media is forbidden in rival country

Kim Jong Un terms weapons development necessary in the face of 'hostile policies'

US calls tests destabilising but no immediate threat; South Korea military raises level of surveillance

N.Korea developed intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching US, raising fears of military confrontation

Talks may help restart negotiations aimed at dismantling North's nuclear programmes in return for sanctions relief.

"Hopefully dialogue indicates that we will get a positive response soon"

The United States is "engrossed in confrontation despite its lip-service to dialogue," Kim said

Pyongyang's decision comes nearly a month after country said it would not go to Tokyo Olympics

Biden administration is in the “final stages” of reviewing its North Korea policy

Activity involved weapons systems at the low end of the spectrum that were not covered by UNSC testing bans

Sanctions have so far failed to convince Kim to give up his nuclear weapons

The new administration planned a full review of the US approach to North Korea says Antony Blinken

Capping more than a week of political meetings with a show of military might

Amid a prolonged gridlock in negotiations aimed at dismantling N.Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes

Hackers posed as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp to approach AstraZeneca staff with fake job offers, sources say

Torture, humiliation and coerced confessions are rampant in the country's detention facilities

Kim says he was grateful that not a single North Korean had been infected with the virus

The ballistic missiles featured for the first time in a parade since Kim met US President Donald Trump in 2018

A spokesman for South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense had no immediate comment on the North’s accusations

Discrepancies in accounts of the accident from the two sides says the South after a National Security Council meeting

North Korea expresses hope the incident would not undermine recent efforts to foster trust

They shot him as part of measures to battle the coronavirus

Evidence suggested the man was attempting to defect to the North says South Korean military

Ruling party holds a meeting to review the officials’ wrongdoings and seek strict legal punishment

Nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington have been stalled since the collapse of a Hanoi summit

At least 32 people have died after 49 days of monsoon rains

Explosive yield of nuclear weapons 'increased exponentially' since Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima

North Korea declared a state of emergency and introduced tougher curbs against the coronavirus

Kim Jong Un ordered the city be locked down and declared a state of emergency

If confirmed, it would be the first case officially acknowledged by North Korean authorities