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North Korea 'deploys' 50 submarines as talks continue with South
BREAKING: Pyongyang has reportedly moved 70% of submarines from bases amid rising tensions.
North Korea says ready for military action against South Korean and American troops
Amid fears of a Korean war brewing, South Korea and US fly eight combat jets in show of force against Pyongyang.
Korea crisis: China urges calm as border tensions rise
After cross-border shelling North Korea suffers internet outages and warns South of possible surprise operations.
North Korea resumes loudspeaker propaganda warfare with South Korea
Move comes amid ratcheting tensions between neighbours.
South Korea on high alert as military drill Ulchi Freedom Guardian begins
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urges full preparedness amid North Korea threat.
South Korea and US set to hold live-fire drill as Seoul vows retaliation for DMZ blast
Tanks, fighter bombers, attack helicopters and 2,000 personnel to be involved in war games.
South Korean military on high alert as Seoul demands apology from Pyongyang for DMZ blast
South Korean military says it will be in a position to retaliate immediately.
South Korea and UN blame North Korea for DMZ mine blast
While Seoul calls it a provocation, UN says it violates Armistice Agreement.
North Korea sets its clock back by 30 minutes with Pyongyang Standard Time
Pyongyang switches to pre-colonial time zone to pull back from time zone imposed by Japan.
Former South Korean first lady arrives in North Korea on 'humanitarian mission'
Widow of late president Kim Dae-jung makes rare visit at a time of tension in the region.
North Korea: Detained Canadian pastor 'confesses' to plotting against Pyongyang
Hyeon Soo Lim was on a humanitarian mission when he was detained in North Korea.
Kim Jong-un threatens 'to wipe out Americans', boasts of nuclear arsenal on Korean War anniversary
North Korean leaders have warned that Americans would be wiped out if there is a second Korean war.
North Korea orders factories and schools to open at 5am to beat summer heat
North Korean workers and students find it difficult to cope with the 'sambok schedule.'
North Korea setting up large launchpad near China border to fire long-range missile
South Korean reports say Pyongyang preparing launchpad at Dongchang-ri in North Pyongan province.
North Korea rejects calls for Iran-like nuclear deal
Pyongyang asserted it was a nuclear weapons state both in "name and reality'.
North Korea: Remarkable 99.97% turnout recorded in elections
North Koreans made a remarkable turnout to vote for the only standing candidate in the nation's elections.
North Korea holds world's most pointless election
North Koreans set to choose from only one candidate nominated by Kim Jong-un's ruling party in local polls.
North Korea: Former Tony Blair chief of staff pays tribute to corpse of Kim Jong-il on trip
Jonathan Powell leaves Pyongyang after four-day diplomatic mission to hermit kingdom.
North Korea invites US Congress to inspect biochemical plant over anthrax allegations
Pyongyang's National Defence Commission insists the facility produces pesticides and not biological weapons.
North Korea: Paranoid Kim Jong-un requires experts to examine every lettuce leaf for 'germs' and 'toxins'
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".
North Korea: Children will die if urgent action is not taken to combat drought warns UN
'If we delay it may well be too late to save the most vulnerable children'
North Korea's Kim Jong-un executes farm manager over terrapin deaths
Kim Jong-un ordered the execution after an official visit to the facility in May, South Korean media say.
North Korea: Pyongyang's Koryo Hotel frequented by foreigners catches fire
Fire rages in upper floors of well-known 43-storey hotel.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un's brother spotted at Eric Clapton's concert in London
Kim Jong-chul, elder brother of ruling North Korean leader Kim, makes rare appearance.
North Korea: Lobster-rage Kim Jong-un 'purged military brass over rice rations cut'
South Korean reports say young dictator executed or demoted deputy armed forces minister So Hong-chan.
North Korea revokes invite for UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon
The communist nation suddenly cancelled the trip a day before Ban Ki-moon was set to arrive.
North Korea claims it has miniaturised nuclear weapons
North Korea claims successfully miniaturising nuclear weapons, which would allow them to be fired with missiles.
North Korea executes defence chief Hyon Yong-choi for dozing at event attended by Kim Jong-un
Minister of the People's Armed Forces also talked back to dictator.
South Korea vows 'merciless' response to North Korea's missile launch
Seoul expresses serious concerns over Pyongyang's latest test-firing of submarine-based ballistic missile.
Kim Jong-un 'executes 15 top North Korean officials'
Senior political figures and members of an orchestra reportedly executed in North Korean for anti-state activities.