Now playing Next North Korea Keeping the nuclear genie in the bottle and away from terrorists Since the end of the Cold War and despite the close attention of the IAEA and governments, nuclear material has gone astray in vast quantities, and the technology to make bombs with it has spread. Has 31/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea At least one ballistic missile was reportedly fired by North Korea on Friday in a further sign of defiance by its leader Kim Jong Un in the face of 18/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea 15 years' hard labour for US student arrested in North Korea Otto Warmbier is accused of trying to steal a banner bearing a propaganda slogan from a hotel 16/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea "Now you will go to sleep": the bizarre reality of North Korean tourism A Polish amateur photographer has smuggled out a series of images of North Korea which show the elaborate charade that Kim Jong-Un’s regime presents 14/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea Tensions mount on Korean Peninsula, as Pyongyang fires two more missiles North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea as tension with Seoul and Washington continues to mount 10/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea US says it takes North Korea nuclear threats seriously The United States says it takes North Korea’s threats to use nuclear weapons seriously. Washington has urged Pyongyang to halt provocations 08/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea threatens "indiscriminate pre-emptive" nuclear strikes against US and South Korea The new threat to turn the US and South Korea into what Pyongyang calls a "sea of flames and ash" comes as the two allies begin annual military exercises 07/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea 'nuclear standby' orders spark global concern He is no stranger to bellicose rhetoric. But Kim Jong-un’s latest orders for North Korea to be ready to use its nuclear weapons at any time, putting 04/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea takes defiant stance over UN sanctions North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles only hours after the United Nations Security Council voted to impose fresh sanctions on the 03/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea UN approves harsh new sanctions for North Korea North Korea faces harsh new sanctions after the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution drafted by the regime’s closest ally 02/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea UN Security Council to vote on tighter sanctions against North Korea The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would dramatically tighten sanctions on North Korea, following 01/03/2016
Now playing Next North Korea US student Otto Warmbier held in North Korea 'confesses to severe crime' An American student detained in North Korea since early January and accused of carrying out a hostile act against the state has been paraded before 29/02/2016
Now playing Next North Korea Two Koreas, two reactions after illegal rocket launch In central Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, the news of the successful space shot was greeted with public pride and enthusiasm. Giant screens 07/02/2016
Now playing Next North Korea S Korea denounces N Korea rocket launch as 'unacceptable provocation' North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, in defiance of international warnings. Pyongyang’s neighbours, along with Washington, have denounced 07/02/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea launches rocket, defying international warnings North Korea has defied international warnings and launched a long-range rocket. Pyongyang had notified UN agencies that it planned to carry out the 07/02/2016
Now playing Next North Korea World condemns North Korean satellite launch At some time over the next seven days North Korea says it is to launch a communications satellite. Pyongyang has brought the launch window forward 06/02/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea holds US student accused of hostile act North Korea says it has detained a US university student accused of committing an unspecified “hostile act”. The official KCNA news agency reported 22/01/2016
Now playing Next no comment North Korea celebrates 'hydrogen bomb' test Kim Jong-Un leads his nation in celebrating hydrogen bomb test which the country claims demonstrates a major breakthrough in their nuclear weapons 09/01/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea releases video of missile test Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric with Seoul in the South 09/01/2016
Now playing Next no comment North Korea: new subway train a source of national pride Why such crowds in the Pyongyang Metro? According to these images filmed by the official news agency, inhabitants of the North Korean capital took to 07/01/2016
Now playing Next North Korea US doubts North Korean H-bomb claims The UN plans to introduce a series of new measures against North Korea after the county’s state run news agency announced that Pyongyang had 06/01/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea's defiant steps toward nuclear weaponry When Kim Jong Un’s father Kim Jong Il died in 2011, his dynastic inheritance of the presidential role came backed by North Korea’s atomic weapons 06/01/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea claims big nuclear breakthrough with H-bomb test North Korea says it has successfully conducted its first test of a hydrogen bomb. The test, the fourth time the isolated state has exploded a nuclear 06/01/2016
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea: Kim Jong Un warns Seoul in New Year message North Korean leader delivers New Year message Talks of “ruthless holy war” No mention of nuclear arms or programme The leader of North Korea has 01/01/2016
Now playing Next North Korea Top aide to Kim Jong-un killed in car crash in N Korea Analysts warn the death of a top North Korean negotiator could spark a possible deterioration in ties with its southern neighbour. Secretary of the 30/12/2015
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea develops hydrogen bomb, claims Kim Jong Un North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has claimed his country has developed a thermonuclear bomb — one step up from the less-powerful atomic bomb. But many 10/12/2015