Now playing Next world news North Korea will 'probably' take part in Winter Games North Korea says it “will probably participate” in next month’s Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang by sending a pair of figure skaters. 06/01/2018
Now playing Next Korea North and South Korea open a border hotline to discuss Winter Olympics The two countries, who are technically still at war having only signed an armistice after the Korean War, could compete as a single nation in next month’s Games. 03/01/2018
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea and South Korea to reopen communication channel North Korea and South Korea plan to reopen a dedicated communication hotline. The development came after North Korea responded positively to Seoul's invitation to talk about how the two countries could cooperate on the Winter Olympic Games due to take place in South Korea later this year. 03/01/2018
Now playing Next USA Trump: my nuclear button is 'much bigger' than North Korea's The US president has again mocked Kim Jong Un, tweeting: "I too have a nuclear button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my button works!" 03/01/2018
Now playing Next world news Kim Jong Un's Olympic olive branch could see first talks in years Delegations from North and South Korea could meet for the first official discussions between the neighbours since 2015 ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. 02/01/2018
Now playing Next North Korea South Korea offers border talks with North Korea Just a day after North Korea signaled it might send a delegation to the Winter Olympics, the South responded by offering high level talks on the border 02/01/2018
Now playing Next world news China denies illicit oil flows to North Korea Beijing denied breaching international sanctions as it was revealed that a Hong Kong-flagged ship had been seized on suspicion of transferring oil to Pyongyang 29/12/2017
Now playing Next North Korea US places sanctions on two North Korea missile developers North Korea has defied years of multilateral and bilateral sanctions and this latest standoff between the Washington and Pyongyang has raised fears of a new conflict on the Korean peninsula. 27/12/2017
Now playing Next USA 2017: Myanmar's Rohingya crackdown, Trump's 'travel ban' and North Korea's missiles Myanmar’s all-powerful army launches an offensive in the state of Rakhine in August. 26/12/2017
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea says new UN sanctions an ‘act of war’ Pyongyang threatens to punish countries which supported a UN resolution imposing new economic restrictions. 24/12/2017
Now playing Next world news UN passes tough new sanctions on North Korea The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed tough new sanctions on North Korea. 23/12/2017
Now playing Next North Korea What's it like to go on a tour of North Korea? Michal Huniewicz was one of a small group that went on a tour of North Korea in 2015, where he covertly took photographs from inside one of the most secretive nations in the world. 20/12/2017
Now playing Next USA US points the finger at North Korea over WannaCry cyberattack May hack on worlds' computers cost billions as hackers attempted to blackmail companies and governments. 19/12/2017
Now playing Next Australia Australian police arrest man suspected North Korean economic agent Choi Han Chan, 59, is charged with brokering the sale of ballistic missile components and coal in order to boost the sanctioned North Korean regime's struggling economy. 17/12/2017
Now playing Next Japan Ex-US Army deserter to North Korea dies He called his desertion a mistake that led him to spend most of his life captive in the isolated Communist state. 12/12/2017
Now playing Next Japan North Koreans arrested amid mystery boat arrivals off Japan Some 28 cases of North Korean boats found drifting off Japan or grounded last month raise suspicions about possible infiltration by spies 09/12/2017
Now playing Next world news North Korea expands missile reach Two missiles launched by the regime this year appear to have “definitively” brought Europe into North Korea’s range, according to a security expert 04/12/2017
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea blames US for ‘nuclear war mania’ Pyongyang slams a US military drill in the region as a provocation that could push the world to the brink of nuclear war. 03/12/2017
Now playing Next USA Hawaii: Cold War-era sirens resume The US state resumes monthly warning sirens as the threat from North Korea intensifies. 02/12/2017
Now playing Next North Korea How many missiles, nuclear weapons and submarines does North Korea have? The North Korean military in numbers 01/12/2017