NORTH KOREA

Speculation rife about imminent nuclear test by North Korea after its recent threat to Seoul and the United States.

US says it is ready to deal with any provocation from North Korea as Pyongyang warns of third nuclear test.

Schmidt will be the first high-profile US executive to visit Pyongyang in recent times.

South Korean and US missile experts to study debris to find out kind of technology used by North.

Japan orders defence forces to deploy surface-to-air missiles to intercept rocket's debris.

Pyongyang says a long-range rocket may be launched at any time between 10 and 22 December.

North Korea may take advantage of Naro-1 launch to pursue its own programme.

The Ryugyong hotel, the tallest building in North Korea, will finally open 26 years after construction started.

Unconfirmed reports from Pyongyang suggest North Korea's first lady Ri Sol-ju may be pregnant with second child.

Pyongyang's announcement comes two days after South Korea struck a missile deal with the US.

Kim Jong-Un indugles his love of extravagent luxury as his North Korean subjects struggle to feed themselves.

The ribbing is trending on Twitter drawing support as well as criticism that it is racist in taste.

Huge numbers of people in dire need of food and water and many areas face outbreak of disease.

Lethal typhoons leave impoverished country facing food shortages and mass homelessness.

Angry North Korea players abandon Hampden Park stadium after televised image shows them next to South Korean flag.

Hermit state's recently installed dictator gains full control of army after military reshuffle and removal of vice-marshal Ri Yong-ho.

Young female companion pictured with hermit state's new leader may be his sister or partner.

Hackers are reportedly trying to infiltrate South Korea's information system and steal military secrets.

Seoul is ready for dialogues with North Korea, if it abandons provocations, says a senior South Korean governmental official.

North Korea revised its constitution proclaiming itself as a nuclear state while Seoul and Washington refuted the claim.

Plane reportedly carried nuclear negotiator at the time of Bush administration Joseph Di Trani and current National Security Council advisor to President Barack Obama Sydney Seiler.