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South Korea on high alert as military drill Ulchi Freedom Guardian begins
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urges full preparedness amid North Korea threat.
North Korea threatens US attack over miliary war games
The Ulchi Freedom Guardian training exercise will include US allies with thousands of troops.
North Korea threatens all-out war against South Korea over propaganda blitz
Pyongyang says South Korea's latest propaganda is tantamount to declaration of war.
North Korea promises to continue nuclear programme to defend itself from the US
Ambassador from rogue Communist state makes announcement in rare interview.
North Korea: Vice-Premier Choe Yong-gon 'executed by firing squad'
The 63-year-old vice-premier was reportedly killed in May for opposing the country's forestation policy.
South Korea and US set to hold live-fire drill as Seoul vows retaliation for DMZ blast
Tanks, fighter bombers, attack helicopters and 2,000 personnel to be involved in war games.
Kim Jong-un: Photos of North Korean leader surrounded by his adoring female fanbase
Communist ruler appears to be mobbed by scores of women admirers wherever he goes.
South Korean military on high alert as Seoul demands apology from Pyongyang for DMZ blast
South Korean military says it will be in a position to retaliate immediately.
South Korea and UN blame North Korea for DMZ mine blast
While Seoul calls it a provocation, UN says it violates Armistice Agreement.
North Korea sets its clock back by 30 minutes with Pyongyang Standard Time
Pyongyang switches to pre-colonial time zone to pull back from time zone imposed by Japan.
Kim Jong-un awarded an international accolade for 'peace, justice and humanity'
The Sukarno Education Foundation also honoured Kim Il Sung, posthumously in 2001
North Korea: Detained Canadian pastor 'confesses' to plotting against Pyongyang
Hyeon Soo Lim was on a humanitarian mission when he was detained in North Korea.
Kim Jong-un threatens 'to wipe out Americans', boasts of nuclear arsenal on Korean War anniversary
North Korean leaders have warned that Americans would be wiped out if there is a second Korean war.
Laibach: Meet the first Western band to perform in North Korea
Slovenian rock band will perform in rogue nation in August.
North Korea orders factories and schools to open at 5am to beat summer heat
North Korean workers and students find it difficult to cope with the 'sambok schedule.'
North Korea setting up large launchpad near China border to fire long-range missile
South Korean reports say Pyongyang preparing launchpad at Dongchang-ri in North Pyongan province.
North Korea rejects calls for Iran-like nuclear deal
Pyongyang asserted it was a nuclear weapons state both in "name and reality'.
North Korea: Remarkable 99.97% turnout recorded in elections
North Koreans made a remarkable turnout to vote for the only standing candidate in the nation's elections.
Hacking Team leak linked to South Korean spy suicide
A spy working for the South Korean intelligence agency has left a suicide note referencing the Hacking Team controversy
Kim Jong-un exploiting 'slave labourers' to fund North Korea's nuclear programme
The dictator has doubled the number of the country's workers who toil abroad, according to North Korean Watch.
South Korean spy denies eavesdropping on civilians in suicide note
Case comes after former spy chief was convicted for attempting to fix election.
North Korea holds world's most pointless election
North Koreans set to choose from only one candidate nominated by Kim Jong-un's ruling party in local polls.
North Korea: Former Tony Blair chief of staff pays tribute to corpse of Kim Jong-il on trip
Jonathan Powell leaves Pyongyang after four-day diplomatic mission to hermit kingdom.
Laibach becomes first foreign rock band allowed to perform in North Korea
Slovenian avant-garde music group will be delighting fans at Kim Won Gyun Music Conservatory in Pyongyang.
North Korea invites US Congress to inspect biochemical plant over anthrax allegations
Pyongyang's National Defence Commission insists the facility produces pesticides and not biological weapons.
North Korea: Paranoid Kim Jong-un requires experts to examine every lettuce leaf for 'germs' and 'toxins'
Paranoid North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has university-educated medical experts analysing each leaf of lettuce he eats for "germs, toxins and other harmful elements".
North Korea: Children will die if urgent action is not taken to combat drought warns UN
'If we delay it may well be too late to save the most vulnerable children'
North Korea's Kim Jong-un executes farm manager over terrapin deaths
Kim Jong-un ordered the execution after an official visit to the facility in May, South Korean media say.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un unveils new Pyongyang airport amid drought
Dictator inspects terminal serving the capital with wife Ri Sol-Ju.
North Korea: Kim Jong-un praises female fighter pilots as 'flowers of the sky'
The dear leader has 'unconditional love [and] respect of women'.