South Korea's unification ministry announced a historic step towards transparency by revealing plans to release a comprehensive report on forced labour practices in North Korea.

S Korea's landmark report to expose N Korea's hidden forced labour practices

North Korea has confirmed that it “successfully” test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a day after South Korea reported the missile launch.

North Korea confirms test of new submarine-launched ballistic missile with ‘advance guidance technologies’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Typhoon Bavi had caused only minimal damage to the country after making landfall early on Thursday, state news media KCNA reported on Friday.

North Korea leader Kim Jon-un says Typhoon Bavi caused 'little damage'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday declared an emergency and announced a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus returned from South Korea.

North Korea declares emergency in border town over first suspected COVID-19 case

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un deliberately faked his death to expose traitors in his circle and who had hopes of taking power from the leader's "death", reports claimed.

Kim Jong-un deliberately faked his death to expose traitors in his circle: Report

There are no signs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received heart surgery when he disappeared from state media for three weeks, but he reduced public activity due to coronavirus concerns, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday.

No signs Kim Jong-un received heart surgery, says South Korean spy agency

A former senior North Korean diplomat apologised on Monday after saying leader Kim Jong-un was likely so ill he could not stand, days before he emerged in state media chain-smoking and walking briskly at an event attended by hundreds of officials, reported news agency Reuters.

North Korea defectors come under criticism over speculating Kim Jong-un's fate

There's intense speculation over the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the past few days. He has not been seen in public since April 11. He also missed the celebrations of his grandfather's birth anniversary.

Mystery shrouds over North korean dictator Kim Jong-un's no show

US President Donald Trump said Monday he'd be "disappointed" if North Korea had something "in the works" as a year-end deadline from Pyongyang about the fate of their nuclear talks approaches, reported news agency AFP.

Trump says he'd be disappointed if North Korea had something 'in the works'

North Korea has conducted another "crucial test" at its Sohae satellite launch site, news agency Reuters reported quoting state media on Saturday, as nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked with a deadline approaching.

North Korea conducts another 'crucial test' at satellite launch site : Report

US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in held a summit in New York on Monday to discuss plans to restart US-North Korea talks, as Seoul's spy agency said the negotiations could take place in two to three weeks.

Trump asks what a third North Korean summit would yield

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invited US President Donald Trump to visit Pyongyang in a letter sent in August amid stalled denuclearisation talks, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.

North Korea leader Kim invited Trump to Pyongyang in letter: Report

Having once branded John Bolton a "war maniac", North Korean officials could see US President Donald Trump's removal of his national security adviser as a chance to resume denuclearization talks without facing an unyielding hawk on the other side.

North Korea could warm up to talks after removal of 'war maniac' Bolton

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said on Friday Pyongyang is ready for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States, warning Washington that continuing with sanctions would be a miscalculation, according to state media KCNA.

North Korea says ready for dialogue or confrontation with US

The United States said Tuesday it hoped to hold denuclearisation talks with North Korea, despite a warning from Pyongyang that US-South Korean military exercises could affect their planned resumption.

US hopes North Korea talks go ahead despite Pyongyang threat

US President Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot inside North Korea when he crossed over the demarcation line. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shook hands in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea.

Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot inside North Korea 

US President Donald Trump arrived at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas on Sunday ahead of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The expected encounter, only suggested a day earlier by Trump on Twitter, comes with negotiations over the North's nuclear programme in stalemate since the leaders' last summit in Vietnam in February.

Trump lands at demilitarised zone ahead of meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un

US President Donald Trump Sunday voiced a willingness to welcome North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Washington, as the two men held historic discussions in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Koreas.

Trump says he 'would invite' North Korean leader Kim to White House

In an unprecedented historic development, US President Donald Trump crossed into North Korea and met its leader Kim Jong-un. With this Donald Trump has become the first sitting US President to be in North Korea.

US President Trump sets foot in North Korea, agrees with Kim to resume stalled talks

North Korea on Thursday warned the South to stop "meddling" in talks between Pyongyang and Washington, repudiating its neighbour days before US President Donald Trump arrives in Seoul amid a nuclear deadlock.

North Korea slams South for 'meddling' in talks with US

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that he hopes a letter sent by President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un can pave the way for new talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program.

Pompeo says hopes Trump letter to North Korean leader can restart talks

North Korea's "strike drill" last week at which leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the launch of rockets and at least one short-range ballistic missile was "regular and self-defensive," the North's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, according to state media.

North Korea says recent rocket drill was 'regular and self-defensive'

Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday he expected his visit to Russia would help the two countries understand how to reach settlement over the Korean peninsula and develop bilateral ties.

Putin says to Kim he wants to support 'positive' efforts on Korean peninsula

Heavy security presence on Thursday at the Far East Federal University campus on Russky Island, in the city of Vladivostok, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Security tight around venue of Putin-Kim summit

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