NORTH KOREA

South Korea's defence minister said his country will not drop its guard despite signs of improving ties with the Kim Jong-un regime.

Eric Bischoff visited North Korea with some of the best wrestlers of the era, including Ric Flair, Scott Steiner, and Road Warrior Hawk.

The stealth fighter jet is the first-ever deployed by Japan and has been tasked to respond to airspace aggression.

North Korea will build a "world level" beach resort in the southeast of the country in a bid to attract more tourists to Kim Jong-un's nation.

Seoul has hinted that the strength of the joint military exercises will not be scaled down - a move that is likely to anger North Korea.

Donald Trump's regime is "a danger to the world" and is attempting to "establish a mafia state", according to a hard-hitting speech by financier and philanthropist George Soros.

16 North Korean individuals, six vessels and nine entities are targeted in the latest round of sanctions by the US Treasury Department.

North Korea's state media has said Pyongyang would 'smash' challenges against reunifying the Korean peninsula.

While Governor David Ige was informed within minutes that the alert was a mistake, he took 17 minutes to share that piece of information on Twitter.

Troops and military vehicles are being mobilised near an airport in Pyongyang in suspected preparations for an upcoming military parade.

Kim Jong-un's programme is "not directed at UK but should be taken very seriously" as many British citizens live in the region, defence minister Howe said.

Kim Hyon-hui was responsible for blowing up Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987 which killed 115 people. She says she did it on orders of Kim Jong-un's father Kim Jong-il.

Seoul authorities urged conservative critics to not provoke the North Korean leadership as they hope to improve inter-Korea relations through the Olympics.

North Korea will send about 400 people south of the border to compete in the Winter Olympics. Speaking to reporters and foreigners is strictly forbidden.

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Hyon has been subject to much speculation over the years including her suspected execution which later proved to be false.

The protests broke out as a North Korean delegation, led by pop diva Hyon Song-wol visited ahead of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Around 300 people took part in the evacuations as part of plans to help the city prepare in the event of an attack.

Pyongyang has not made it clear whether the visit is permanently cancelled or temporarily suspended.

The Kim Jong-un regime is set to send its 140-member art troupe to South Korea to showcase its softer side to the world.

Japanese authorities and students' parents are outraged by the flyover as the US forces pushed to damage-control mode.