N Korea

S Korean newspaper says Kim Hyok Chol, four others, executed by firing squad for 'betraying supreme leader'

Says he and the Russian leader discussed efforts to persuade N Korea to give up nuclear weapons

North Korea's first public weapons test since a second summit with US ended without agreement in Feb

Only interested in meeting Trump again if the US comes with the right attitude, says Kim

Continues operations and infrastructure works at Yongbyon nuclear site

Critics say unprecedented encounter seems to be more style than substance

Tensions have soared in recent weeks following Pyongyang's nuclear tests

The United States had three basic choices: military action, diplomacy or acceptance

N Korea responds to the unanimous UN decision to impose even stricter sanctions on the country

North Korea in July carried out its first two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile

Trump's statement came after North Korea on Sunday detonated what it described as a hydrogen bomb

China urged all parties to stick to peaceful and diplomatic means to find resolution to tensions on Korean peninsula

Reports of the launch by North Korean media were lacking the usual boasts of technical advances

The UN Security Council called an emergency meeting at Tokyo and Washington's request

New sanctions by China, Japan, US and UN are aimed at pressuring Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons program

This comes after Donald Trump had said the nation's leader Kim Jong Un was starting to show some 'respect

Kim Jong Il's birthday on February 16 is considered a national holiday in North Korea

Trump could get Korean Peninsula united and start talks with leader Kim Jong Un, says North Korean DPRK Today

Likelihood of North Korea conducting a fifth nuclear test has increased because of a failed missile launch on Friday

Pyongyang fires missiles to show its displeasure with any perceived slight by its neighbours or int'l community

Pyongyang says it is placing Kaesong under military control and cutting two key communication hotlines with Seoul

Launch breaches UN resolutions aimed at preventing N. Korea from acquiring missile to carry out long-range strike

US calls launch destabilising and provocative while Japanese PM Shinzo Abe slamms it as absolutely intolerable

UN report says N Korean security chiefs should face intl justice for ordering systematic torture and killings

Detention comes in wake of US taking part in international efforts to impose sanctions over N Korea after nuclear test