North Korea

US and South Korea begin five-day joint air exercise mobilising more than 230 warplanes and 12,000 personnel.

Donald Trump's national security advisor, HR McMaster, has warned that the rogue nation is "the greatest immediate threat to the United States."

The elite unit comprising 1,000 South Korean soldiers will be tasked with not just taking out North Korea's leadership, but also the country's nuclear and missile facilities.

The celebratory event saw the ruling elite giving speeches, and congratulating the scientists and technicians who worked on the missile launch.

It emerged that an order had been placed by a senior official in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

AFP photographer Ed Jones captures the harsh realities of life in the poverty-stricken rural villages along North Korea's eastern coast.

North Korea launched its Hwasong-15 ICBM on Wednesday, 29 November, infuriating the US and its allies Japan and South Korea even further.

Advisor to South Korea's president, Moon Chung-in, tells IBTimes UK despite his tweets on Pyongyang, Donald Trump's wishes may not be "translated into actions".

Some of the photos show Kim Jong-un inspecting the massive missile before it was launched.

Pyongyang's launch of Hwasong-15 brings whole of continental US into range of nuclear attack but increased missile range is not surprising, say observers.

South Korea conducted a missile test exercise soon after the North launched its "highest" ever projectile that reached a height of 4,500km.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff in the first launch since September.

"North Korea might launch a missile within the next few days," a Japanese government source said, based on new radio signals intercepted from North Korea.

Malaysian doctor who conducted the post mortem confirms that North Korean leader's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was found with soiled underwear and pupils contraction.

A recap of the soldier's defection and recovery from his wounds has been played on loudspeakers at the border.

Japanese authorities are investigating after a ship with eight decomposed bodies was found on a beach in the Aikita province.

Turkey did not have any diplomatic relations with North Korea until 2001.

Defector Lee Wi-ryeok revealed the various human rights abuses that he experienced growing up in a North Korean orphanage.

Six F-22 Raptor and up to four F-35A Lightning stealth fighter jets of the US Air Force will engage in enemy infiltration and precision strike drills with South Korean Air Force fighter jets.

The commanders of the responsible military unit and senior officers "might have undergone punishment" following the defection, the intelligence source said.

Report found that Manhattan, the White House, the Pentagon and the US territory of Guam were all possible targets.

It will be similar to the American Tomahawk cruise missiles, ready to defend as well as attack when needed, say reports.

Former North Korea prisoner Aijalon Gomes burned to death in San Diego in apparent suicide, 7 years after release with help of Jimmy Carter.

The video was released by the UN Command in Seoul and shows the man being chased by North Korean soldiers before crossing the border into South Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un bans drinking and singing parties in wake of UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang nuclear missile tests.

A North Korean soldier reportedly asked to listen to Korean pop music as soon as he awoke from surgery, a local newspaper has reported.

Suspension leaves North Korea's Air Koryo as the only airline with regularly scheduled overseas services.

Despite the UN Security Council sanctions, North Korea continues to develop its nuclear weapons and missile programme.

The US President said the new designation would furhter increase the "maximum pressure campaign" against North Korea as it continues its nuclear ambitions.

Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold suffers minor damage in fifth incident involving the 7th Fleet.