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BBC reporter Rupert Wingfield-Hayes expelled from North Korea
Hayes accused of 'distorting' facts and 'speaking' ill of the leadership.
Kim Jong-un rules out using nuclear weapons first unless attacked
North Korean leader vows to work towards denuclearisation of the world.
North Korea: International journalists arrive for party congress – but are taken to wire factory instead
Foreign journalists visiting North Korea to cover its Seventh Workers' Party Congress were denied access.
North Korea heralds Kim Jong-un as 'great sun of 21st century' ahead of Workers' Party congress
North Korea is set to hold its first congress in nearly four decades.
Inside North Korea: Photos of daily life in Pyongyang ahead of first Workers' Party Congress in 36 years
Red flags are flying and political posters are going up in Pyongyang as North Korea gets set for the event
Kim Jong-un bans funerals and weddings during North Korean political congress
Kim expected to declare 'nuclear nation' and talk economy at rare Workers Party congress.
US threatens to look at 'other options' if North Korea presses on with nuclear and missile tests
Washington declines to say what are the 'other options' as Pyongyang reportedly prepares for fifth nuclear test.
North Korea offers to halt nuclear tests if US-South Korea abandon joint military drills
North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong, in a rare bid has offered to cease Pyongyang's nuclear tests.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un reveals love of flamenco dancing
Spanish troupe became first to perform traditional dance in secretive state.
North Korea foreign minister talks of 'nuke for nukes' in New York
Ri Su-yong says the country had no option as dialogue had failed.
Mount Paektu: North Korea's enigmatic volcano has molten rock lurking beneath
North Korean and Western scientists collaborate on study of DPRK's little-studied active volcano.
North Korea launches ballistic missile to mark Kim II-Sung's birth anniversary
The attempted missile test appears to have failed, South Korea said.
Kim Il-Sung birthday: Ten facts about North Korea on the 'Day of the Sun'
North Korea celebrates the birthday of Kim Il-Sung, founder of the DPRK, on 15 April on the Day of the Sun.
Panama Papers: British banker Nigel Cowie at centre of North Korea links
British banker Nigel Cowie set up DCB Finance Ltd in 2006 and registered it in the British Virgin Islands.
North Korea fires surface-to-air missile into Sea of Japan
Pyongyang's apparent missile launch comes amid high tensions in Korean peninsula.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un simulates attack on South Korean president's official residence
North Korea has carried out live-fire artillery drill simulating attack on Blue House, official residence of South Korean President Park Geun-Hye.
More US experts now believe it's 'probable' North Korea has miniature nuclear warhead
North Korea is getting within striking range of the US, officials fear.
South Korea goes on high alert after North Korea tests solid-fuel rocket engine
North Korea claims testing solid-fuel rocket engine as tensions in Korean peninsula tightens.
North Korea warns of 'miserable end' to South Korean President Park Geun-hye
Pyongyang threatens the South Korean leader and her allies, especially US.
North Korea launches several short-range missiles into Sea of Japan
BREAKING: Pyongyang's latest firing of short-range projectiles comes amid serious tensions on Korean peninsula.
Kim Jong-un orders North Korean military to bury enemies in the sea
North Korean leader oversees military drill amid tensions on the Korean peninsula.
One North Korean ballistic missile explodes in mid-air
North Korea fired two mid-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan in a show of defiance.
North Korea launches ballistic missile into the sea days after new sanctions, South Korea claims
The launch comes just days after fresh sanctions were imposed by the UN on Pyongyang.
North Korea issues fresh pre-emptive strike warning in 'special statement'
Pyongyang's special statement was jointly issued by 'the government, political parties, and organisations'.
North Korea: US calls for Otto Warmbier's 'immediate release'
The 21-year-old student allegedly attempted to steal a political slogan.
North Korea sentences US student Otto Warmbier to 15 years of hard labour
Otto Warmbier, the University of Virginia student was convicted of crimes against the state.
Kim Jong-un orders more nuclear warhead tests and ballistic missile launches
North Korea threatens to carry out defiant acts in coming days in the wake of looming UN sanctions.
North Korea raises spectre of destroying Manhattan with nuclear blast
All people would be 'killed immediately and the city burned down to ashes'
North Korea calls Seoul's hacking allegations 'sound of eating corpses from crow's mouth'
Pyongyang denies carrying out cyberattack on South Korean officials' smartphones.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un orders more nuclear tests
North Korean leader exhorts Pyongyang's scientists to bolster nuclear attack capability.