USA

Tough new US sanctions against N.Korea on same day American student jailed

New sanctions include the freezing of North Korean government property in the US and a ban on US exports to North Korea

17 March 2016

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 March 2016

World News

North Korea nuclear warhead test 'soon' reports KCNA

North Korea will test a nuclear warheads and test-launch ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads soon, according to the country’s

15 March 2016

World News

North Korea 'to test nuclear warhead soon', says Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country will soon conduct a nuclear warhead test and test launch ballistic missiles capable of carrying

14 March 2016

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 March 2016

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 March 2016

Korea

North Korea claims it has miniature nuclear warheads to place on ballistic missiles

New statements have been made by Pyongyang that will do nothing to calm rising tensions on the Korean peninsula

9 March 2016

South Korea

Seoul announces new sanctions after North Korea's latest nuclear threats

Seoul says 40 individuals and 30 entities suspected of having links to North Korea's weapons programme are facing sanctions

8 March 2016

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

8 March 2016

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

7 March 2016

Korea

North Korea threatens US and South Korea with "indiscriminate nuclear strikes"

The new threat to the US and South Korea comes as the two allies begin annual military exercises

7 March 2016

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

4 March 2016

World News

Kim Jong-un orders North Korea to ready nuclear weapons for use 'at any time'

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his country’s military to be ready to use nuclear weapons at ‘any time’ according the the communist

4 March 2016

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

3 March 2016

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

2 March 2016

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

1 March 2016

World News

What we do we know about North Korea’s US prisoner Otto Warmbier?

Otto Warmbier, 21, is a third-year business student, from the University of Virginia. His family live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Why is he in the news? He

29 February 2016

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 February 2016

Korea

US presents draft UN resolution on North Korea

The United States has presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that it said will significantly increase pressure on North Korea in

26 February 2016

Korea

US and China agree plan to step up sanctions against North Korea

The US and China have agreed on a draft resolution that would expand UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test

25 February 2016