Kim Jong-un

The dictator has doubled the number of the country's workers who toil abroad, according to North Korean Watch.

North Koreans set to choose from only one candidate nominated by Kim Jong-un's ruling party in local polls.

Jonathan Powell leaves Pyongyang after four-day diplomatic mission to hermit kingdom.

Pyongyang's National Defence Commission insists the facility produces pesticides and not biological weapons.

Paranoid North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has university-educated medical experts analysing each leaf of lettuce he eats for "germs, toxins and other harmful elements".

'If we delay it may well be too late to save the most vulnerable children'

Kim Jong-un ordered the execution after an official visit to the facility in May, South Korean media say.

Dictator inspects terminal serving the capital with wife Ri Sol-Ju.

North Korea's 'worst drought in 100 years' inflicts severe damage on Pyongyang's hydropower-dependent electricity supplies.

A North Korean troop member, thought to be a teenager, has fled his country to present himself to South Korean forces.

Fire rages in upper floors of well-known 43-storey hotel.

The 28-year-old has been given the top job in the Propaganda Department for her brother.

North Korean doctor and his wife reportedly kidnapped by Isis-backed militants near Tripoli.

Kim Jong-chul, elder brother of ruling North Korean leader Kim, makes rare appearance.

South Korean reports say young dictator executed or demoted deputy armed forces minister So Hong-chan.

The communist nation suddenly cancelled the trip a day before Ban Ki-moon was set to arrive.

North Korea claims successfully miniaturising nuclear weapons, which would allow them to be fired with missiles.

As dictator Kim Jong-Un seeks to tighten his grip on power, brutal purges of party officials continue.

Seoul expresses serious concerns over Pyongyang's latest test-firing of submarine-based ballistic missile.

Submarine weapon would give nation longer reach, second-strike capability

Kim's visit to Moscow would have been his first trip abroad since assuming power in 2011.

Senior political figures and members of an orchestra reportedly executed in North Korean for anti-state activities.

North Korean leader Kim was accompanied by fighter pilots as he climbs Mt Paektu.

China invites Kim to attend massive military parade in September, which will mark the anniversary World War II.

Carter, on his first Asia tour since taking over, arrives in Seoul after visiting Japan.

South Korean activist flies copies of Seth Rogen's movie across the border

Pyongyang's moves come as US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter is to visit South Korea.

Seoul says Pyongyang's missiles are 'provocative show of force' against ongoing military drills.

Much progress has been made in recent years but the veil of silence can still be difficult to penetrate.

Pyongyang warns Korean People's Army will blow up propaganda balloons.