Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, the Russian embassy...
SEOUL: South Korea's president and the North's leader Kim Jong Un drove together through the streets of Pyongyang Tuesday past thousands of cheering citizens...
SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of making “gangster-like” demands in talks over its nuclear program, contradicting US Secretary of State...
WASHINGTON: White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday he believed the bulk of North Korea’s weapons programs could be dismantled within...
SINGAPORE: Singapore's foreign minister will make a two-day trip to Pyongyang starting on Thursday, as preparations for a summit in the city-state between Donald...
SEOUL: US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday discussed North Korea's recent threats to cancel its unprecedented summit with...
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump dialled up the rhetoric against North Korea again at the weekend, warning the country’s foreign minister that he...
WASHINGTON: Washington's ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea came into effect on Friday, with the two countries at loggerheads over Pyongyang's weapons...
PYONGYANG: Pyongyang has sentenced four South Korean journalists to death for book reviews that insulted the North, state media said Thursday.
The Chosun Ilbo and...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping urged "restraint" over North Korea in a phone call with Donald Trump Monday, as Japan joined exercises with an...
SEOUL/PYONGYANG: US Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice on Monday, warning that recent US military strikes in Syria and Afghanistan showed the...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Severe flooding in a North Korean border region has killed at least 133 people with another 395 missing and thousands of homes swept away, the UN says, after Pyongyang reported "great hardship" in the area.
SEOUL: North Korea Saturday sought to justify its weapons programme as a defence against US nuclear "blackmail" as world powers debated ways to punish Pyongyang for its fifth and most powerful atomic test.