NORTH KOREA

North Korea has been under UN sanctions for pursuing its nuclear programme.

The Davos organisation uninvited a North Korean delegation after the country executed h-bomb tests.

Kim Jong-un honours nuclear scientists and officials for their contribution in conducting the fourth nuclear test.

The isolated nation said that their 'successful' testing last week was in response to US hostility.

It was the first time in 18 years that North Korea had been invited to the event.

Remaining servile inner circle gives erratic leader free rein say experts.

Pyongyang officials spliced video together to hide 'catastrophic fail,' says analyst.

Pyongyang steps up loudspeaker broadcasts in tense inter-Korean border areas amid escalating tensions.

Republican US presidential candidate says Kim Jong-un deserves 'credit' for his style of command.

South Korea angered the North by blasting K-pop hits through loudspeakers on the militarised border.

As North Korean leader celebrated his birthday, giant loudspeakers at the border blasted out 'Bang, Bang, Bang'

After North Korea's H-bomb test, the South has resumed blasting music across the border but who made the cut?

Beijing mouthpiece blames 'hostile policies' for North Korea's defiance of global sanctions.

We look at strange – but possibly true – facts about one of the world's most secretive heads of state and his country.

Trump proposes to 'start charging them tax or start cutting them off' if China does not respond.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump criticised their likely presidential rival.

The UN's 15-member council 'strongly condemns' Pyongyang's actions, but fails to agree on immediate measures.

Geopolitical concerns contributed to the Dow dropping 252.15 points, or 1.5 percent, to 16,906.51.

Scientists say energy from the most recent tests in the secretive state too small to be considered hydrogen bomb.

The North Korean leader is constantly surrounded by employees who are either rapidly taking notes, laughing (for a reason that is usually unknown) or watching his every move

Many residents in Pyongyang cheered and applauded, some shed tears.