North Korea

PM Hwang Kyo-ahn said national security was the priority and restated that the military should be on high alert.

Pyongyang media says state hackers would never expose their IP addresses.

Regime is however still struggling to target larger ballistic missiles.

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Ri Sol-ju was not mentioned in any reports carried by state-run media in the last 9 months.

The individual lists are in addition to UN sanctions and include blacklisting high-profile Pyongyang officials.

China will be the key player in enforcing the new sanctions targeted at coal exports.

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UN Security Council permanent members to meet on 28 November and finalise draft resolution on sanctions.

Pyongyang to 'hoist flags at half-mast at major organisations and designated places'.

The new UN sanction is reported to set a cap on the North's coal exports.

Beijing's foreign ministry says pact between Seoul and Tokyo exposes 'cold war mentality'.

Seoul had postponed signing the pact, proposed in 2012, due to domestic opposition to close relations with Tokyo.

Top South Korean lawmaker asks Seoul to prepare for Donald Trump's takeover in Washington.

Pyongyang has reportedly asked China to censor names poking fun at the North Korean leader.

BBC World Service announces plans for its biggest expansion 'since the 1940s'.

The defence ministry decided to sign an intelligence-sharing deal with Japan in the wake of North Korea threats.

The Chinese military is reportedly expanding its base to prepare for 'collapse' of Kim Jong-un's regime.

North Korean leader said he was filled with 'great joy' after watching soldiers fire at targets on Mahap islet.

An editorial in the ruling party's mouthpiece warned that Trump will have to face a nuclear state.

Kim Yo-jong serves as a vice director of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea's propaganda and agitation department.

The US and South Korea decided to deploy the anti-missile system in July to counter growing North Korean threats.

The embassy has not yet responded to a request for comment on the fate of his predecessor, Hyon Hak-bong.

Sources say the secretive state will test launch the intermediate-range Musudan missile.

According to reports North Korea's first lady Ri Sol-ju was last seen in Pyongyang on 28 March 2016.

A North Korean defector group said the country suspects sabotage by US and South Korean spies.

Special forces of the two countries simulate precision strikes on key North Korean facilities in the exercises.

One of the demands made at the talks was an apology for Pyongyang's attack on the South Korean naval corvette Cheonan in March 2010.

National Intelligence Director James Clapper says the best the Pentagon can hope for is a cap on the North's capability.