Korean conflict

US and S Korea are technically still at war with N Korea as the Korean conflict ended with truce and not peace treaty

Pyongyang has staged a series of missile launches in violation of UN resolutions

China opposes relevant launch activities by North Korea that are contrary to UNSC resolutions, says foreign ministry

Tension has escalated sharply on Korean peninsula amid concerns that Pyongyang may soon conduct sixth nuclear test

Supreme Prosecutors' Office says passwords of 56 accounts were stolen

News comes days after Seoul announced 13 North Koreans fled to the South in a rare mass defection

North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun says trial was conducted at Sohae Space Centre

The three countries vow to defend each other and warn they could take further steps to counter threats from Pyongyang

South Korea claims unidentified projectiles were launched from south of Hamhung and landed in waters east of N Korea

Previous efforts to establish regular dialogue have tended to falter after initial meeting

Talks are fresh attempt at dialogue between rivals which have all-but cut off ties since 2010

South Korea has in past staged live-fire exercises near Yellow Sea border

Ashton Carter says United States is committed to six-party talks process that seeks denuclearisation of peninsula