Pyongyang
NKorea to send 230-strong cheering squad to Olympics
North Korea has offered to send more than 200 cheerleaders to the Winter Olympics in the South and attend the Paralympics, Seoul says as the two Koreas meet to discuss athlete numbers in the latest in a flurry of cross-border talks.
Pyongyang welcomes back women's soccer world champions
North Korea's under-20 women's soccer team paraded through the streets of Pyongyang in a flower-covered vehicle on Tuesday, celebrating their World Cup win upon their return to the isolated nation's capital.
Football: A North Korean Messi? Pyongyang academy hopes so
Undaunted by sanctions and hard realities on the pitch, North Korea's lone football academy has set its sights high -- producing players better than Lionel Messi, and teams that can dominate the world.
South Korea says North's nuclear capability 'speeding up', calls for action
South Korea's foreign minister says that North Korea's nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state's fifth nuclear test carried out in defiance of UN sanctions.
NK ‘will not use nuclear weapons' unless threatened
The leader of North Korea has said the country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is threatened.
South Korea says North fired missile
North Korea fires another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korean officials said, as regional leaders met in Washington to discuss the threat of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme.
North Korea nuclear tests: US and China to co-operate
China and the United States will work together to try and prevent further missile tests by North Korea, US President Barack Obama says.
N Korea warns of strike on Seoul's presidential palace
North Korea warns that its military is ready to attack Seoul's presidential palace unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes for "treason" and publicly executes officials responsible for what Pyongyang says are plans to attack its leadership.
North Korea fires five short-range missiles into sea
North Korea fires five short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast -- the latest in a series of launches ordered by leader Kim Jong-Un amid rising military tensions.
N-Korea announces ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test
The North Korean authorities say they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb amid reports of a tremor near the main nuclear test site.
Twitter warns of government 'hacking'
Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by "state-sponsored actors".
Female activists cross demilitarized zone on Koreas' border
30 women activists cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea in an attempt to promote peace.
'No apology' for SKorea sinking
North Korea rejects South Korean calls for an apology over the sinking of a warship Cheonan which went down five years ago with the loss of 46 lives
