North Korea

UN Security Council to 'expeditiously' adopt new resolution against Pyongyang after defiant rocket launch.

North Korea hailed its launch which has sparked fears about a nuclear attack from the country.

The isolated nation say that they are launching an 'Earth observation' satellite between 7-14 February

Satellite images of North Korea's Sohae rocket launch site indicate suspected fuelling activities.

Beijing says it pressed Pyongyang not to raise tensions further via its top nuclear envoy.

Reconnaissance aircraft crashed in Andong city in Gyeongsangbuk-do Provinc as Seoul ramped up surveillance.

Japan deploys PAC-3 missile interceptors and destroyer to handle North Korea's imminent rocket launch.

Pentagon chief Ash Carter says US has entered 'new strategic era' of defence challenges.

The US calls the plans an "egregious violation" of a UN ban on missile launches by the DPRK.

Helium balloons floated over the border also carried leaflets attacking the United States.

Japan mobilises surface-to-air missiles across the country as Pyongyang reportedly prepares for missile launch.

Dating programmes, talk shows and survival contests feed southern appetite for details of life in the north.

Analysis of satellite imagery reveals fresh activity at Sohae launching facility in country's west coast.

Seoul neither denies nor confirms North Korea's alleged preparations for an imminent missile launch.

UNICEF warns food production down by 20% due to severe drought in North Korea.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been monitoring how close we are to destroying ourselves since 1947

Late dictator never wanted his son Kim Jong-un to run the country, a South Korean spy has claimed

North Korea claims student arrested was 'manipulated' by US government.

AFP's Pyongyang office will be up and running in mid-2016.

Pyongyang claims replacing sugar with scorched, glutinous rice in ginseng liquor made it hangover free.

North Korea has been under UN sanctions for pursuing its nuclear programme.

The Davos organisation uninvited a North Korean delegation after the country executed h-bomb tests.

Kim Jong-un honours nuclear scientists and officials for their contribution in conducting the fourth nuclear test.

The isolated nation said that their 'successful' testing last week was in response to US hostility.

It was the first time in 18 years that North Korea had been invited to the event.

Remaining servile inner circle gives erratic leader free rein say experts.

Pyongyang officials spliced video together to hide 'catastrophic fail,' says analyst.

Pyongyang steps up loudspeaker broadcasts in tense inter-Korean border areas amid escalating tensions.

Republican US presidential candidate says Kim Jong-un deserves 'credit' for his style of command.

South Korea angered the North by blasting K-pop hits through loudspeakers on the militarised border.