North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister met South Korean officials on their heavily defended border on Wednesday (June 12) to deliver flowers and her brother's condolences over the death of a former South Korean first lady.

Kim Jong Un's sister sends condolences on the death of South Korea's former first lady

The United States on Wednesday accused North Korea of violating a UN-imposed ceiling on fuel imports by conducting dozens of ship-to-ship transfers at sea that broke international sanctions.

United States accuses North Korea of breaching UN fuel cap

A year after President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met for the first time, they appear committed to a personal bond upon which hopes for peace appear to rest, despite a stalemate in efforts to get Kim to abandon nuclear weapons.

Trump and Kim one year on: A 'beautiful letter', stalled diplomacy

North Korea has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the highly contagious and deadly African swine fever, its main state newspaper said on Wednesday, breaking its silence on the outbreak which was first reported in late May.

North Korea steps up measures to prevent spread of African swine fever

White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Tuesday that a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is possible but the ball is in Pyongyang's court. Watch full video to know more.

Third Trump-Kim summit possible if North Korea wants, says Bolton

Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

North Korean leader's slain half-brother was a CIA informant: Report

North Korean state media called on the United States on Tuesday to "withdraw its hostile policy" towards Pyongyang or agreements made at a landmark summit in Singapore a year ago might become "a blank sheet of paper".

North Korea urges US to change 'hostile policy' on eve of summit anniversary

Downplaying North Korea`s warning that the United States must change the course of its negotiations before its patience runs out, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday was of the view that Pyongyang desires to make a deal with Washington.

Trump hopeful of deal with N Korea, hints at third summit with Kim

North Korea warned the United States that agreements made between the two countries' leaders in Singapore last year could be at risk, blaming the United States for undue pressure to denuclearise, state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday.

'There is a limit to our patience,' North Korea warns US a year after accord

North Korean senior official and former top nuclear envoy Kim Yong Chol accompanied leader Kim Jong-un to a Sunday art performance, state media KCNA said on Monday, signalling that the former spymaster is alive and remains a force in North Korea’s power structure.

Amid execution reports, North Korea's ex-nuclear envoy seen with Kim Jong-un

A still photograph released Monday of former top nuclear envoy Kim Yong Chol with leader Kim Jong Un at an art performance, signaling that the former spymaster remains a force in North Korea's power structure.

North Korea's former spymaster reappears after 'forced labor' reports

North Korea fired the same type of short-range missiles during the two weapons tests last month, according to South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo. "We see the weapons (North Korea fired on May 4 and May 9) as nearly the same type, though we are analyzing some differences," Yonhap News Agency quoted the minister as telling reporters here on Saturday.

North Korea test-fired same type of missiles in May: Seoul

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and other weapons.

North Korea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

Patrick Shanahan, the acting US Defence Secretary, and Wei Fenghe, the Chinese Defence Minister, discussed ways to better enforce UN sanctions on North Korea during a "constructive and productive" meeting held on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum here on Friday.

US, Chinese defence chiefs discuss sanctions enforcement on North Korea

North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the United States, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second US-North Korea summit in February, holding them responsible for its collapse, a South Korean newspaper reported on Friday.

North Korea 'executed' its special envoy to US after Hanoi summit collapse: Report

The United States is attempting to check on reports that a senior North Korean official involved in Pyongyang's non-proliferation talks with Washington has been executed, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.

US checking reports of North Korean envoy's execution: Pompeo

Mike Pompeo has said the US is attempting to check reports that a senior North Korean official involved in Pyongyang’s nuclear negotiations with Washington had been executed.

North Korea executes nuclear envoy to US after failed Trump summit

The first case of African swine fever has been reported in North Korea, South Korea`s agriculture ministry said on Thursday, showing how the virus has spread widely since the first outbreak in East Asia was found in China in August last year.

First case of African swine fever reported in North Korea

North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country, the U.N. Human Rights chief said on a video released on Tuesday and in a report, which Pyongyang dismissed as politically motivated, was issued. Watch this video to know more.

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US says North Korea program violates UN resolutions, after Trump tweet The US State Department said Tuesday that North Korea's overall program of weapons of mass destruction violated UN resolutions after President Donald Trump brushed off recent missile launches.

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The US State Department said Tuesday that North Korea's overall program of weapons of mass destruction violated UN resolutions after President Donald Trump brushed off recent missile launches.

US says North Korea program violates UN resolutions, after Trump tweet

The US military said on Tuesday that it had identified a total of six American troops from 55 boxes of human remains from the 1950-53 Korean War that North Korea handed over last year, even as the Pentagon has said it has given up hope of recovering more of them in the near future.

US military identifies more remains of American war dead handed over by North Korea

President Trump said he wasn’t bothered by North Korea’s latest round of missile tests and the U.S. wasn’t seeking regime change in Iran, striking conciliatory notes on the two nations’ nuclear programs as he wrapped up his second trip to Japan since taking office.

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