South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has called for North Korea to walk away from nuclear weapons and take the "peace and shared development" path.
North Korea has warned a US military commander in South Korea his forces would "meet a miserable destruction" if they go ahead with military drills.
China is likely to agree to new sanctions on its ally, North Korea as its frustration grows after it defied bans to conduct its third nuclear test.
The UN Security Council has held emergency talks on North Korea’s third nuclear bomb test in seven years.
North Korea has conducted its third nuclear test in defiance of UN resolutions, angering the US and Japan and prompting China to call for calm.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has condemned North Korea’s nuclear test, saying it is a "grave violation" of UN Security Council resolutions.
North Korea has slammed a display of Christmas lights staged by a South Korean church group near the border as an "unacceptable provocation".
One year after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, little seems to have changed in the country he bequeathed to his son, Kim Jong-Un.
North Korean state media has confirmed that its new leader Kim Jong-un is married and named his wife as Ri Sol-ju.
Kim Jong-un has been made "Marshal" of North Korea, a title previously held by his late father, as the young successor tightens his grip on power.
North Korea’s ruling party has removed a top military official close to the centre of power, suggesting Kim Jong-un may be purging the ruling elite.
US President Barack Obama has urged China to use its influence to stop North Korea’s "bad behaviour" in a nuclear standoff with the West.
North Korea said on Saturday it will hold an annual parliamentary session next month during which Kim Jong-un, is expected to be appointed officially.
Kim Jong-il impersonator fears his career might have run its course after the death of the North Korean leader.
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/ 24 December 2011
North Korea appears to be making an orderly transition after the death of Kim Jong-il last week, but the risk of collapse is higher than before.
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/ 20 December 2011
South Korea’s government sent condolences on Tuesday to the North Korean people for the death of their leader Kim Jong-Il.
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/ 20 December 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US hopes the new North Korean leadership chooses to guide their nation onto the path of peace.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday demanded answers from North Korea after reports that its Soccer World Cup squad was publicly humiliated.
Unusually positive signs emerged on Tuesday from the new round of six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, as Washington indicated that it had no intention of attacking the North. The chief United States delegate, the assistant secretary of state, Christopher Hill, stressed that the US recognised North Korea’s sovereignty.
North Korea will resume international nuclear arms talks in Beijing next week after a gap of more than a year, the South Korean foreign ministry announced on Tuesday. The talks have been stalled since the communist North walked out of the previous round of negotiations last June, accusing the United States of ”hostility” and ”insincerity”.