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North Korean spies feared to have infiltrated 'ghost ships' off north western coast of Japan as Pyongyang advances nuclear programme.

Pyongyang's foreign ministry issues warning against the ongoing aerial drills and remarks made by top US authorities.

The Japanese coast guard said it found the decomposed bodies of three men in Yamagata prefecture on 4 December, two days after a battered wooden fishing boat was recovered nearby.

US and South Korea begin five-day joint air exercise mobilising more than 230 warplanes and 12,000 personnel.

Donald Trump's national security advisor, HR McMaster, has warned that the rogue nation is "the greatest immediate threat to the United States."

The elite unit comprising 1,000 South Korean soldiers will be tasked with not just taking out North Korea's leadership, but also the country's nuclear and missile facilities.

AFP photographer Ed Jones captures the harsh realities of life in the poverty-stricken rural villages along North Korea's eastern coast.

The 12 bottles contained Atropine, a medication used to combat the effects of nerve agents including VX.

Advisor to South Korea's president, Moon Chung-in, tells IBTimes UK despite his tweets on Pyongyang, Donald Trump's wishes may not be "translated into actions".

Some of the photos show Kim Jong-un inspecting the massive missile before it was launched.

Pyongyang's launch of Hwasong-15 brings whole of continental US into range of nuclear attack but increased missile range is not surprising, say observers.

South Korea conducted a missile test exercise soon after the North launched its "highest" ever projectile that reached a height of 4,500km.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff in the first launch since September.

Malaysian doctor who conducted the post mortem confirms that North Korean leader's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, was found with soiled underwear and pupils contraction.

For almost a decade Lee So-yeon was a North Korean soldier, where she says rape was commonplace and diets were so bad that female soldiers stopped menstruating.

Report found that Manhattan, the White House, the Pentagon and the US territory of Guam were all possible targets.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un bans drinking and singing parties in wake of UN sanctions imposed following Pyongyang nuclear missile tests.

The US President said the new designation would furhter increase the "maximum pressure campaign" against North Korea as it continues its nuclear ambitions.

Song Tao, special envoy of China's President Xi Jinping, is on a visit to Pyongyang.

Pyongyang's mouthpiece says North Korean nuclear programmes are only deterrent against the US' military assertions in the region.

US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, guided-missile destroyers USS Stethem, USS Chafee and USS Mustin are taking part in the massive exercises.

North Korea said that Donald Trump should be "sentenced to death by the Korean people" following his attack on Kim Jong un.

Three burglars assaulted a North Korean diplomat's house in Islamabad and made away with a huge stash of alcohol worth $150,000.

"I swear, I thought I was reading a tweet from a troll account," one Twitter user wrote. Another added: "All that's missing is 'Dear Diary...' at the beginning."

Maritime exercises are being conducted by the supercarriers USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz in the region.

US President Donald Trump responds on Twitter after North Korean mocks him again by calling him a "dotard".

The nuclear-powered supercarriers USS Nimitz, Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt will soon be seen practising wargames in the Western Pacific.

Pyongyang has said that it will not hesitate to act if the US president makes a "reckless" move.

Reinstating North Korea on the terror list is expected to put greater pressure on the regime and push it towards nuclear disarmament.

Seven assassins were reportedly sent to China to kill Kim Jong-un's nephew, Kim Han-sol, whose father Kim Jong-nam was allegedly killed with nerve agent at Kuala Lumpur airport.