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North Korea

South Korea sends cultural exports north to charm kim Jong Un

Kim first N. Korean leader to attend a South Korean cultural event of any kind as relations between the pair continue to show signs of improvement.

01/04/2018

North Korea

North Korea's Kim Jong Un watches South Korean pop group in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife were among hundreds in Pyongyang on Sunday watching South Korean singers perform in the North for the first time in more than a decade.

01/04/2018

North Korea

Trump upbeat about North Korean summit after Kim Jong-un met with China's president

The visit to China was Kim's first known trip outside North Korea since he assumed power in 2011.

29/03/2018

Europe News

I will carry on and I'll be soon in North Korea - MEPs 'secret' diplomacy with Koreas

MEP Nirj Deva says after 15 meetings in three years, that there is an appetite for peace in North Korea.

28/03/2018

North Korea

N Korean leader, Kim Jong Un and Trump to meet 'as soon as possible'

South Korea's national security chief, Chung Eui-yong also told reporters at the White House that Kim has has pledged to refrain from further nuclear or missile tests.

09/03/2018

North Korea

The talking thaw: North and South Korea

A delegation of senior South Korean officials travelled to Pyongyang for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He expressed his "firm will to vigorously advance" inter-Korean ties and pursue reunification

06/03/2018

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South Korea and North Korea to talk

Talks between South Korea and North Korea are expected to focus on the North's missile stocks and relations with the US.

05/03/2018

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North Korean leaders used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports

Western European security sources disclose photocopies of two Brazilian passports used by Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il.

28/02/2018

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North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western vis

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his late father Kim Jong-il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources tell Reuters.

28/02/2018

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Sold as a bride, North Korean woman finds salvation in Seoul

Human trafficking is the only option for escape for many North Koreans.

23/02/2018

North Korea

North Korea shows off its military might ahead of Olympic Games

Peace and diplomacy have taken a backseat as Pyongyang paraded its military

08/02/2018

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's influential sister to visit South

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's influential sister to visit South

07/02/2018

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North Korea will send a team to the Winter Olympics

The breakthrough came as the first official high-level talks for over two years took place in the Demilitarised Zone on Tuesday.

09/01/2018

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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

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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

North Korea

Kim Jong-un warns United States: 'I have a nuclear button on my desk'

North Korean leader declares all of the US mainland is now within range of his country's nuclear weapons.

01/01/2018

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

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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

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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

North Korea

US ready to talk to North Korea without preconditions

In a shift in Washington's policy towards North Korea, Rex Tillerson says he's "ready to talk any time"

13/12/2017

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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

North Korea

How many missiles, nuclear weapons and submarines does North Korea have?

The North Korean military in numbers

01/12/2017

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Russia accuses Washington of 'provoking' Pyongyang

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the US of trying to force North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to "fly off the handle" as a pretext to waging war

30/11/2017

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North Korea launches new ballistic missile 'capable of striking US'

Pyongyang is a "worldwide threat" says Washington after testing a new missile which it claims can reach the continental United States.

29/11/2017

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Trump puts N.Korea on "terror" list

President Trump accuses North Korea of sponsoring terrorism and adds it to a black list allowing for more sanctions

21/11/2017

North Korea

Watch (if you dare): 27cm parasite removed from North Korea defector

Dozens of worms found in North Korean soldier shot and injured during a dramatic escape to the South.

17/11/2017