In Pics | North Korea celebrates the 73rd founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang

After suffering starvation and repression for decades, Japanese national Hiroko Saito, who escaped North Korea, has sued the Kim Jong-un-led government. Saito says in the 1960s, she and 97,000 others were deceived into relocating to the North with promises of "paradise on Earth".

After decades of misery, Japanese escapee sues North Korean govt for ordeal

According to reports, South Korea tested its indigenous submarine-launched ballistic missile on Tuesday in an effort to strengthen its defences against a nuclear-armed North.

South Korea successfully launches homegrown submarine-launched ballistic missile

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged efforts to prevent natural disasters or coronavirus outbreaks from damaging the economy as he convened a meeting of the ruling party's politburo, state media reported on Friday.

North Korea's Kim calls for preventing natural disasters and COVID-19 outbreaks

North Korea has reportedly turned down an offer of three million doses of Chinese vaccine from UNICEF. The UN body had volunteered to give China's Sinovac vaccine to Kim Jong-Un's regime but North Korean authorities reportedly said it should be given to other countries who have been hard with the virus.

North Korea turned down vaccine offer, says UN body

The UN atomic agency has said that North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor, a possible sign that Pyongyang is expanding its banned weapons program.

IAEA: North Korea seems to have restarted nuclear reactor

Nuclear-armed North Korea appears to have restarted its plutonium-producing reprocessing reactor in a "deeply troubling" development, the UN atomic agency has said, a possible sign Pyongyang is expanding its banned weapons programme.

North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor: UN agency

North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons.

North Korea restarts nuclear activity

The US special envoy for North Korea was due to meet his South Korean counterpart on Monday, as the two allies look for ways to entice Pyongyang back to talks over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.

US, South Korea envoys discuss jumpstarting talks with North Korea

According to North Korea's state media, the authorities have developed their own Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment to conduct coronavirus tests. The state-run newspaper said technicians at the State Academy of Sciences have developed the PCR system.

North Korea develops PCR equipment for virus tests: Report

The North Korean state television aired recorded footage of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Tuesday (August 10), which is almost two days after the Games were concluded.

Out of touch: North Korea's state TV airs Tokyo Olympics match days after closing ceremony

As the United States and South Korean military prepare their joint military drills, North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un said the US and South Korea "will face a more serious security threat by ignoring our repeated warnings to push ahead with the dangerous war exercises.

'Self-destructive action': North Korea warns US, South Korea over military drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the military to carry out relief work in flood-hit areas, as the country sinks into food and economic crisis. Local state media reported that more than 1,000 homes had been damaged and nearly 5,000 people have been evacuated till now due to the floods.

Kim Jong Un orders military to start relief work in flood-hit areas of North Korea

North Korea continued developing its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country's worsening economic situation, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday.

North Korea developing nuclear, missile programs in 2021- UN Report

During various public events last month, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spotted with a bandage at the back of his head. As per an NK News site, Kim Jong Un appeared at events of the Korean People’s Army from July 24 to July 27.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's bandage sparks speculations

North Korea is ready to resume denuclearisation talks, but in exchange, it wants the U.S. to lift sanctions on luxury goods like fine alcohol and suits. Did someone say priorities?

Gravitas: Report: North Korea ready to resume denuclearisation talks

North Korea wants a raft of international sanctions eased – including on imports of luxury items such as high-class liquors and suits – before it will restart denuclearisation talks with the United States.

North Korea says ready to hold talks on denuclearization in exchange of lifting of sanctions

South Korea said on Monday no decision has yet been made on its joint military exercises with the United States but they should not create tension, after North Korea warned the South against holding the exercises amid signs of a thaw in relations.

Seoul says no decision on US drills, but exercises should not create North Korea tension

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, has slammed the planned military drills between the US and South Korea. The leader's sister said the planned military exercise between the US and South Korea can "becloud" relations between the two countries.

Kim Yong Un's sister slams planned military drills between US and South Korea

The United States on Friday seized a Singapore-owned oil tanker that was used to make illegal oil deliveries to North Korea, the Justice Department said. A New York federal judge issued a judgment of forfeiture authorising the United States to take ownership of the M/T Courageous, which is currently in Cambodia.

US seizes tanker used to deliver oil to North Korea

According to media reports, a North Korean troupe put on a musical show to mark the 68th anniversary of the armistice agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea's art troupe marks anniversary of Korean War armistice

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to resume suspended communication lines and enhance ties, according to South Korea. President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un achieved such an agreement, according to the presidential office in Seoul, following multiple rounds of letter exchanges since April.

North and South Korea agree to restore communication channels, improve ties

Representatives from both sides spoke on the phone for three minutes, according to South Korea's Ministry of Unification.

North Korea, South Korea agree to restore communication channels

Pyongyang sweltered on Wednesday as state media issued warnings about a heatwave across North Korea. This summer the country has recorded higher-than-average temperatures that are hovering around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in the capital.

North Korea's capital swelters in heatwave

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