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North Korea parades tearful American student ‘thief’ before the cameras
North Korea paraded a detained American student before the media on Monday in Pyongyang, where he tearfully apologised for attempting to steal a political...
South Korea vows to make North pay for nuclear test
The president of South Korea has threatened tough action against the North to help it come to the “bone-numbing realisation” that nuclear activity...
North takes over business park and cuts hotlines as Korea tensions mount
North Korea ratcheted up the tension with the South on Thursday by ordering a military takeover of a factory park which had been the last major symbol...
Watch: North Korea releases footage of latest rocket launch
North Korea has released TV footage of the launch of a rocket it says put a satellite into space. Pictures show the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un...
North Korea’s new satellite flew over Super Bowl site
Here’s a bit of Super Bowl trivia: North Korea’s newest satellite passed almost right over the stadium just an hour after it ended.
Japan military on alert over North Korea’s planned rocket launch
Japan placed its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens Japan, while South Korea warned the North will pay...
North Korea preparing to launch missile, says Japanese news agency
North Korea is preparing to launch a long-range missile as early as next week, according to a Japanese news agency. Kyodo cited an unnamed Japanese...
1 million propaganda balloons sent by North Korea floating over the border
North Korea has launched around one million propaganda leaflets by balloon towards its southern neighbour amid increased tensions over Pyongyang’s...
South Korea fires warning shots after drone crosses border from North
South Korea fired 20 machine gun warning shots after a drone briefly crossed the border from the North.
Trump: You’ve got to give that ‘maniac’ in North Korea some credit…
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has said the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un deserves “credit” for wiping out his rivals. The outspoken...
South Korea strikes back over H-bomb test with loudspeaker broadcasts
South Korea is retaliating against the North’s nuclear bomb test by bombarding it with propaganda messages across the border.
Mystery as ‘closest comrade’ of N Korea’s Kim Jong-un dies in car crash
A senior North Korean official has died in a car crash - the latest misfortune to hit Kim Jong-Un’s close circle of deputies. Kim Yang-Gon was...
North Korea sentences Canadian pastor to hard labour for life
North Korea’s highest court has sentenced a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labour for life for subversion.
North and South Korea seek to end animosity with second day of talks
North and South Korea have held a second day of high-level talks aimed at easing cross-border tensions just months after a flare-up pushed them to the...
North Korea says its nuclear complex fully operational as it takes aim at U.S.
North Korea has said its main nuclear complex is fully operational and the country is ready to face U.S.
Anti-American activist who slashed face of ambassador is jailed for 12 years
An anti-American activist who slashed and seriously injured the U.S. ambassador to South Korea has been jailed for 12 years.
Thousands wait in hope as Koreas begin talks to prepare for family reunions
North and South Korea started talks on Monday on resuming the reunions of families separated by the war which split the peninsula in the early 1950s.
18 feared dead as fishing trip boat capsizes after snagging nets
Ten people died and eight others were believed to be missing after a boat carrying passengers on a fishing trip capsized off South Korea’s southern...
Senior officials from North and South Korea meet for talks amid rising tensions
South Korea and North Korea were holding their first high-level talks in nearly a year at a border village on Saturday to defuse mounting tensions that...
North Korean troops warned to ‘prepare for battle’ with South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a “quasi-state of war” and ordered them to prepare for battle a...
Tensions rise as North and South Korea exchange artillery fire
South Korea fired dozens of artillery rounds toward North Korea on Thursday after the North shelled across the border to protest against anti-Pyongyang...
‘Noisy loudspeaker’ row escalates into exchange of fire over Korean border
What do you do when your neighbor has the radio on too loud? Ask them politely to turn it down? Maybe bang on the wall? For North Korea it was an excuse...
North Korea winds back the clock 30 minutes to create its own time zone
North Korea has announced that it is winding its clocks back by 30 minutes to create a new “Pyongyang Time” — breaking from a time standard...
North Korea: Why the hermit kingdom has established its own time zone
North Korea has announced that it is winding its clocks back by 30 minutes to create a new “Pyongyang Time” — breaking from a time standard...
North Korea winds back its clocks to make ‘Pyongyang time’
North Korea has announced that it is winding its clocks back by 30 minutes to create a new “Pyongyang Time” - breaking from a time standard...
North Korea builds ‘taller’ missile tower for possible October launch
North Korea has erected a new, taller launch tower at its missile base, possibly in preparation for firing a long-range rocket to mark an important national...
North Korea says ‘not interested’ in Iran-like nuclear talks with U.S.
North Korea is not interested in an Iran-like dialogue with the United States to give up its nuclear capabilities, the isolated country’s foreign...
‘Nazi propaganda’: North Korea angrily denies South’s execution claims
North Korea responded angrily Thursday to reports in the South Korean media about a recent spate of high-level defections and executions, calling them...
Teenage North Korean soldier crosses DMZ to defect to the south
A North Korean soldier has made a rare bid to defect to South Korea by crossing the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two countries. The teenager...
South Korea reports 15th MERS death as major hospital suspends services
South Korea on Sunday reported its 15th death from the MERS virus as the growing outbreak that has infected 145 forced one of the nation’s biggest...
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