North Korea
North Korea closes multiple embassies around the world
North Korea has formal relations with 159 countries, but had 53 diplomatic missions overseas, including three consulates and three representative offices, until it pulled out of Angola and Uganda, according to the ministry.
Koreas clash at Asian Games as fierce rivalries take centre stage
North and South Korea clash on the football pitch and India do battle with Pakistan in hockey as fierce rivalries take centre stage at the Asian Games on Saturday.
NKorea says chance of talks with US 'narrowing'
The possibility of talks between nuclear-armed North Korea and Washington is "narrowing", Pyongyang has said after the US State Department reaffirmed its designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
NKorea successfully tests new submarine-launched ballistic missile
North Korea says it successfully test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from the sea to contain external threats and bolster self-defence, ahead of fresh nuclear talks with the United States.
NKorea's launches short-range missiles, complicating US attempts to restart talks
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, the South Korean military has said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.
N Korea threatens more launches after fourth test in 12 days
North Korea threatens to carry out more weapons tests after it fired its fourth pair of projectiles in less than two weeks following the start of joint exercises between the US and the South.
North Korea says freed Australian student had been spying
North Korea's state news agency says an Australian student who was expelled from the country after 10 days' detention had committed "spying acts" through his work with foreign media.
‘N Korean leader's slain half-brother was a CIA informant’
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 reports.
NKorea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches
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 sent banned items to Syria, Myanmar, UN finds
North Korea sends items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along with missile technicians in violation of UN sanctions — and banned ballistic missiles systems to Myanmar, UN experts say.
Protests greet NKorean delegation to Olympics
A blacklisted North Korean general arrives in the South for the Winter Olympics closing ceremony, which will also be attended by US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka.
No concerns over NKorea 'hijack': Olympics chief
Olympics chief Thomas Bach dismisses concerns that North Korea has tried to "hijack" the Winter Games for political purposes, as officials reveal he will visit the isolated country after the tournament in South Korea.
Don't mention nukes: SKoreans learn how to talk to the enemy
When a hotel on South Korea's east coast is asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem is't finding enough rooms. It is to learn how not to offend them.
Koreas share historic handshake at Olympic opening ceremony
It is a historic moment, and it happens even before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics had officially begun.
NKorea says no plans to meet US officials at Olympics; Washington seeks more sanctions
North Korea has no intention of meeting US officials during the Winter Olympics that start on Friday, the KCNA news agency reports, dampening hopes the Games will help resolve a tense standoff over the North's nuclear weapons programme.
North Korea condemns latest US sanctions
North Korea condemns the latest US sanctions announced this week aimed at curbing the isolated nation's development of nuclear weapons.
NKorea teams arrive in South for pre-Olympics inspection
North Korean delegates arrive in South Korea to inspect venues and prepare cultural performances for next month's Winter Olympics, in the first visit by Pyongyang officials to the capitalist South for four years.
NKorea cancels visit to prepare for Olympics in South
North Korea has cancelled the planned visit of a delegation to South Korea to prepare for a trip by an art troupe during next month's Winter Olympics, South Korean authorities say.
The fabulous story of North Korea's fabric made of stone
For much of the world, it's a niche product. In North Korea, where winter temperatures are frigid and which cannot produce enough cotton or wool for clothing, the synthetic fibre developed after nylon was glorified as a revolutionary invention.
