Kim Jong Un

Al-Assad thanked Kim for recognizing the Syrian struggle

Kim also has said North Korea is close to an ICBM test-launch

The killing has triggered a bitter row between Malaysia and North Korea

It did not specify how many Malaysians are currently in the North or how long the travel ban might last

News from the outside world is banned or heavily censored in the North

Malaysia considering expelling North Korea's envoy to the Southeast Asian nation or shutting its embassy in Pyongyang

Handcuffed suspects were brought to court surrounded by masked and heavily armed police and special forces

Malaysia detains two women, a man in connection with murder of half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

North Korea has demanded Malaysia return the body and objected to an autopsy being performed

"Obviously North Korea is a big, big problem and we will deal with that very strongly"

The murder is an unforgivable criminal act and demonstrates the recklessness and brutality of the North Korean regime

Four N Korean suspects fled Malaysia after murder of Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother Jong-Nam

The body of Kim-Jong Nam has been held in a Kuala Lumpur morgue since he was assassinated in a Cold War-style killing

Agent candidates are carefully screened for their intelligence, physical attributes and family background

Police are trying to piece together how the Cold War-style killing happened at a Malaysian airport

US government sources also said they believed that North Korean assassins killed Kim Jong Nam

Kim Jong-Un was poisoned by two unidentified female agents using poisoned needles

The military exercise was aimed at 'destroying specified targets of the enemy,' including the South's Blue House

Kim Jong Un is unpopular in China because of North Korea's repeated nuclear and missile tests

Kung Sok-Ung had been removed from his post and expelled from Pyongyang to a rural farming area with his family

"Under Kim Jong-Un, North Korea continues to inflict intolerable cruelty and hardship on millions of its own people.."

Congress is expected to cement Kim's status as supreme leader more than four years after he came to power

Ri Yong-Gil was executed earlier this month for forming a political faction and corruption, says Yonhap news agency

Kim Jong Un claims the country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb

Lawsuit is unusual for North Korea's ruling family, whose members outside country tend to shun spotlight

The United Nations dispells false reports of the UN chief visiting North Korea

The isolated country recently announced more than 100 separate projects seeking foreign investment