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22 North Korean athletes are to compete at 2018 Winter Olympics

The IOC have confirmed that North Korea will compete in three sports and five disciplines at Pyeongchang

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North and South Korea are to form their first joint Olympic team.

North and South Korea say they will form a joint women's ice hockey team for next month's Pyeongchang Games.

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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

Hawaii did not have ‘reasonable’ safeguards to stop false missile aler

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai described the error as "absolutely unacceptable."

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USA

Hawaii: False ballistic missile alert sparks panic

Human error by local emergency officials was to blame for the incorrect warning that a missile was heading towards the US state, after an employee pushed the wrong button

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Citizens of both Koreas welcome first talks in over two years

Citizens of North and South Korea are optimistic the first talks between Seoul and Pyongyang could bring real change in the relationship between the two countries

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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.

Italy

Pope Francis delivers a hard-hitting address in the Vatican

Pope Francis has called on all nations to support dialogue to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to work for a legally-binding ban on nuclear weapons.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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!"

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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UN passes tough new sanctions on North Korea

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed tough new sanctions on North Korea.

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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.