Pyongyang

Relations between North Korea and South Korea have been strained for many years, but one moment in 2000 shows another future is still possible.

After analysing Kim's New Year speech, an audio forensic expert speculates the North Korean leader could be suffering from kidney problems.

In a rare gesture, North Korea has agreed to hold high-level talks with rival South Korea to discuss participation in upcoming winter Olympics.

It has been reported that a missile in April 2017 ended in disaster when a missile crashed into a city.

If things go according to plan, this will be the first time in two years that the rival Koreas will hold direct talks between each other.

South Korean officials say a Panama-flagged vessel was transferring oil to a North Korean vessel in sea waters violating UN regulations.

The US treasury department places travel restrictions on two key North Korean technocrats.

A North Korean soldier who defected is said to have anthrax antibodies in his system, raising fears in Seoul over its weapons capabilities.

The US is planning to launch a military attack on North Korea to curb its nuclear programme. Sources say that weapons stockpiles will be targeted.

US President Donald Trump has pledged the threats from the reclusive Kim Jong-un regime will be "taken care of".

Several thousand North Koreans braved freezing conditions in Pyongyang to pay tribute to their former leader Kim Jong-il on the sixth anniversary of his death.

Chan Han Choi, born in South Korea and now a naturalised Australian citizen, was suspected of helping North Korea to earn more money beating sanctions.

Alongside the rest of the world, experts warn that North Korea is likely profiting from the rise of bitcoin, a cryptocurrency the regime has been hacking, stealing and mining.

The North Korean leader heralded the scientists and workers behind the recent launch of a long-range missile at a national defence conference.

Female North Korean defector reveals her horrific ordeal at the hands of the brutal Kim Jong-un regime.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reportedly climbed to the top of the 2,777m Mount Paektu but his spotless leather shoes suggest otherwise.

A high-ranking UN official visited North Korea for a four-day trip in an attempt to ease tensions in the region.

Pyongyang had used the term, considered derogatory, at least twice in the past and it did not go down well with the US president.

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

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

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.

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".

Six F-22 Raptor and up to four F-35A Lightning stealth fighter jets of the US Air Force will engage in enemy infiltration and precision strike drills with South Korean Air Force fighter jets.

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

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

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

Satellites spotted "significant movement" of equipment and materials at the nuclear site's West Portal, which contains a so-far unused tunnel.

The US president is set to begin his 12-day Asia tour from Japan on Sunday, 5 November. He will be visiting nations such as South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

An unverified report from a Japanese media outlet says one of the tunnels at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site collapsed, killing 200 North Korea workers.