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Kim Yong-chol pictured at the failed summit in Hanoi

N Korean official seen at show after 'purge' report

A senior North Korean official appeared at an arts performance with the country's top brass, official media reported, just three days after he was said to have been purged following the collapse of nuclear talks between leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.

Asia • 03 Jun 19

Donald Trump and Kim Jung-un left the Vietnamese capital without a deal

NK executed officials after failed Trump summit: report

North Korea executed its special envoy to the United States following the collapse of the second summit between leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper has reported.

World • 31 May 19

Trump dismisses concerns over N Korea missile launches

US President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about recent missile launches from North Korea and said he was confident that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, would keep promises that he had made.

US • 26 May 19

North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Thursday and carried out a drill last Saturday

70 countries urge N Korea to scrap weapons programmes

Seventy countries have urged North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and related programmes, declaring they are a threat to world peace.

World • 11 May 19

People watch a news programme showing file footage of North Korea's projectile weapons, at a railway station in Seoul

Kim orders N Korea military to 'full combat posture'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to boost its strike capability as he directed another missile firing, state media said.

World • 10 May 19

Kim Jong-un overseeing testing of a new tactical weapon last month (file pic)

North Korea fires 'several short-range missiles'

North Korea has fired several short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's military has said.

World • 04 May 19

Meeting was Kim Jong-un's first face-to-face talks with another head of state since returning from his summit with Donald Trump

Kim has 'very meaningful' talks with Russia's Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he had "very meaningful" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the two met for the first time.

World • 25 Apr 19

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a welcoming ceremony in Vladivostok

Kim arrives in Vladivostok for Putin summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok for a first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as North Korea seeks support in its nuclear deadlock with the United States.

World • 24 Apr 19

Kim Jong-un has overseen the test of what the country's state media describes as a new type of tactical guided weapon

Kim oversees new 'guided weapon' test - state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised the test-firing of a new type of "tactical guided weapon," the country's state media has reported.

World • 18 Apr 19

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump held their first landmark summit in Singapore last June

N Korean leader open to further talks with US - report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing meet with US President Donald Trump a third time if Washington comes to the table with the "right attitude", state media has reported.

World • 13 Apr 19

'President Trump likes Chairman Kim and he doesn't think these sanctions will be necessary,' Sarah Sanders said

Trump drops sanctions as he 'likes' Kim - White House

US President Donald Trump has abruptly announced the cancellation of sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea.

World • 23 Mar 19

Doan Thi Huong (C) broke down in tears in court

Kim Jong-nam murder suspect loses bid for release

A Vietnamese woman charged with murdering the North Korean leader's half-brother has lost her bid for release in Malaysia, days after her Indonesian co-accused was freed.

World • 14 Mar 19

Indonesian woman Siti Aisyah smiles while leaving the court in Malaysia

Kim Jong-nam murder suspect freed

A court in Malaysia has freed an Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother after prosecutors withdrew the murder charge against her.

World • 11 Mar 19

North Koreans go to polls in pre-determined election

Leader Kim Jong Un's ruling Workers' Party has an iron grip on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as the isolated, nuclear-armed country is officially known.

World • 10 Mar 19

President Trump said he would be 'very disappointed' if he saw North Korean testing

Trump would be 'disappointed' by North Korean testing

US President Donald Trump has said he would be disappointed if North Korea were to resume weapons testing.

World • 09 Mar 19

N Korea 'rebuilding' rocket launch site, images show

Activity has been detected at a North Korean long-range rocket site, suggesting Pyongyang may be "rapidly rebuilding" the facility after the collapse of the Hanoi summit, according to an analysis of satellite imagery.

World • 06 Mar 19

Donald Trump said his country's relationship with North Korea seemed to be 'very, very strong'

NK has no economic future with nuclear weapons - Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that North Korea had a bright economic future if the two countries made a deal, but did not have any economic future with nuclear weapons.

World • 02 Mar 19

Donald Trump: 'Sometimes you have to walk'

'We had to walk' says Trump as summit ends without deal

US President Donald Trump has said he had walked away from a nuclear deal at his summit with Kim Jong-un because of unacceptable demands from the North Korean leader to lift punishing US-led sanctions.

World • 28 Feb 19

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi

Trump and Kim Jong-un hold talks over dinner in Hanoi

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un smiled, shook hands and dined today in Hanoi, expressing optimism that their highly personal brand of diplomacy will lead to a deal on the totalitarian state's nuclear weapons.

World • 27 Feb 19

Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un tomorrow

Trump lands in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Kim

US President Donald Trump has landed in Hanoi, Vietnam for two days of talks to try to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear arsenal.

World • 26 Feb 19

Good Morning Vietnam: Trump, Kim set for Hanoi meeting

It is not exactly clear what will be will be achieved when US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet for the second time in Vietnam, writes RTÉ's US Correspondent Brian O'Donovan.

Analysis and Comment • 26 Feb 19

Kim Jong-un waves ahead of his departure from Pyongyang

North Korea's Kim takes train to Hanoi summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's armoured train travelled across China as he headed to his highly anticipated second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam.

World • 24 Feb 19

Trump announced the exact location on Twitter for the follow-on to the leaders' summit in Singapore last year

Trump says summit with Kim to take place in Hanoi

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for a second much-anticipated summit in Hanoi, as preparations kick into high gear for the peace talks.

News • 09 Feb 19

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are due to meet in Vietnam on 27 and 28 February

Why Vietnam for the second Trump-Kim summit?

Analysis and Comment • 06 Feb 19

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un appear to be on course to hold a second summit together

Trump, Kim edging closer to second summit

The US Special Envoy for North Korea has said that Pyongyang has committed to dismantling and destroying all of its uranium and plutonium enrichment facilities.

World • 01 Feb 19

Kim Jong-Un