North Korea

Talks come as North Korean deadline for the South to end its propaganda blitz looms.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 22, 2015

Amid fears of a Korean war brewing, South Korea and US fly eight combat jets in show of force against Pyongyang.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 22, 2015

Avant-garde act Laibach performed in Pyongyang, becoming the first western act to play in the country.

Adam Justice Aug 20, 2015

Move comes amid ratcheting tensions between neighbours.

Tom Porter Aug 17, 2015

South Korean President Park Geun-hye urges full preparedness amid North Korea threat.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 17, 2015

The Ulchi Freedom Guardian training exercise will include US allies with thousands of troops.

Mark Banham Aug 16, 2015

Pyongyang says South Korea's latest propaganda is tantamount to declaration of war.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 15, 2015

Ambassador from rogue Communist state makes announcement in rare interview.

Adam Justice Aug 14, 2015

The 63-year-old vice-premier was reportedly killed in May for opposing the country's forestation policy.

Jerome Anthony Aug 12, 2015

Tanks, fighter bombers, attack helicopters and 2,000 personnel to be involved in war games.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 12, 2015

Communist ruler appears to be mobbed by scores of women admirers wherever he goes.

David Sim Aug 11, 2015

South Korean military says it will be in a position to retaliate immediately.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 11, 2015

While Seoul calls it a provocation, UN says it violates Armistice Agreement.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 10, 2015

Pyongyang switches to pre-colonial time zone to pull back from time zone imposed by Japan.

Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 07, 2015

The Sukarno Education Foundation also honoured Kim Il Sung, posthumously in 2001

Samantha Payne Aug 04, 2015

Hyeon Soo Lim was on a humanitarian mission when he was detained in North Korea.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 31, 2015

North Korean leaders have warned that Americans would be wiped out if there is a second Korean war.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 28, 2015

Slovenian rock band will perform in rogue nation in August.

Alfred Joyner Jul 24, 2015

North Korean workers and students find it difficult to cope with the 'sambok schedule.'

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 23, 2015

South Korean reports say Pyongyang preparing launchpad at Dongchang-ri in North Pyongan province.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 22, 2015

Pyongyang asserted it was a nuclear weapons state both in "name and reality'.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 21, 2015

North Koreans made a remarkable turnout to vote for the only standing candidate in the nation's elections.

Maria Khan Jul 20, 2015

A spy working for the South Korean intelligence agency has left a suicide note referencing the Hacking Team controversy

David Gilbert Jul 20, 2015

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

Jerome Anthony Jul 20, 2015

Case comes after former spy chief was convicted for attempting to fix election.

Tom Porter Jul 19, 2015

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 19, 2015

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

Umberto Bacchi Jul 17, 2015

Slovenian avant-garde music group will be delighting fans at Kim Won Gyun Music Conservatory in Pyongyang.

Samantha Payne Jul 15, 2015

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 14, 2015

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".

William Watkinson Jul 11, 2015