Korea 19/03/2018 Kim Jong-Un has 'committed' to de-nuclearization The South Korean Foreign Minister has reported that Kim Jong-Un has "given his word" on de-nuclearization, adding that it's the first time the words have come directly from the North Korean leader.
USA 09/03/2018 USA-North Korea relationship: 'It's complicated' Perplexed by Trump's plan to visit Kim Jong Un, the man he threatened – just months ago – of "fire and fury like the world has never seen"? Here's some useful historical context.
South Korea 09/03/2018 News of Trump-Kim meeting greeted with hope and caution "I don't know what's in Trump's head, and I have doubts as to whether he's serious," says one Tokyo resident.
North Korea 06/03/2018 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
North Korea 05/03/2018 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.
View 09/02/2018 Peaceful Pyeongchang Olympics can lead to lasting Korean peace: View The goodwill and meeting opportunities generated by the Olympic deal should be utilised to bring about peace, argue professors Chung-in Moon and Timo Kivimaki.
world news 25/01/2018 Symbolic 'Doomsday Clock' moves 30 seconds closer to midnight World security situation now "as dangerous as it has been since World War II," says Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Japan 21/01/2018 Japan seeks European support over "unprecedented threat" from North Korea Tokyo wants to strengthen an international alliance against Pyongyang as tensions rise over its nuclear weapons programme
world news 15/01/2018 North and South Korea hold fresh talks over Winter Olympics Officials from North and South Korea hold further talks over Pyongyang's plan to participate in next month's Winter Olympics.
USA 03/01/2018 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!"
North Korea 02/01/2018 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
North Korea 01/01/2018 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.
North Korea 27/12/2017 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.
Australia 17/12/2017 Australian police arrest man suspected of acting as economic agent for North Korea 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.
USA 16/12/2017 US and North Korea trade angry recriminations at UN Security Council meeting Ministerial meeting called at week's end by anxious council chair Japan.
world news 04/12/2017 US and South Korea hold airforce drills amid mounting tensions with Pyongyang In a major demonstration of military muscle, US and South Korean airforces held their largest ever joint aerial drills on Monday amid rising tensions
North Korea 03/12/2017 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.
USA 02/12/2017 Hawaii: Cold War-era sirens resume The US state resumes monthly warning sirens as the threat from North Korea intensifies.
North Korea 01/12/2017 How many missiles, nuclear weapons and submarines does North Korea have? The North Korean military in numbers
North Korea 30/11/2017 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
