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The only picture released by state media showed Kim Jong-un standing on a beach surrounded by officials in military uniforms, but no weapons were visible

N Korea says newly developed 'tactical' weapon tested

Donald Trump met Kim Jong-un in Singapore last June

Second Trump-Kim meeting planned for 2019 - Pence

File image of a North Korea missile launch in July 2017

Undeclared missile bases operating in N Korea - report

South Korean soldiers, locking a guard post on the Demilitarized Zone in Gangwon-do, South Korea

North and South Korea tear down border guard posts

US President Donald Trump and Mr Kim signed a vaguely-worded statement on denuclearisation at Singapore summit

North Korea warns US of return to nuclear policy

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at their third summit in Pyongyang in September

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un to visit Seoul 'soon'

Any visit would be the first by a pope to the reclusive state which does not allow priests to be permanently stationed there

Pope Francis considers NK visit after receiving invite

North Korea and the Vatican have no formal diplomatic relations

North Korea leader invites pope to visit Pyongyang

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Kim Jong Un during a trip to Pyongyang yesterday

N Korea 'ready' to let inspectors into missile sites

A researcher hunts for landmines in woodland near the DMZ in 2015

North and South Korea removing landmines along border

Ri Yong-ho told the UN that without any trust in the US, North Korea would not unilaterally disarm themselves

N Korea says sanctions deepening its mistrust in US

Kim Jong-un said he will visit Seoul in the near future, in what would be the first-ever visit to the South's capital by a North Korean leader

N Korea to 'permanently' shut down key missile sites

A South Korean watches TV footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un welcoming South Korean President Moon Jae-in

Kim and Moon discuss stalled nuclear talks in Pyongyang

The White House said that coordination for the next meeting was under way

Trump receives letter seeking second N Korea meeting

Tens of thousands of soldiers took part

Floats and flowers instead of missiles at N Korea rally

North Korea / 09 Sep

Kim Jong-un met with high-level South Korean delegation to agree the third inter-Korean summit this year

N Korea recommits to denuclearising Korean peninsula

North Korea / 06 Sep

Japan says North Korea still poses a 'serious and imminent threat'

North Korea still 'serious and imminent threat' - Japan

North Korea / 28 Aug

North Korea expelled the tourist 'on the principle of humanitarianism'

Japanese tourist expelled from North Korea - report

North Korea / 27 Aug

Mike Pompeo's visit to Pyongyang is on hold over lack of progress on denuclearisation

Trump cancels Pompeo's trip to North Korea

Yesterday, Mike Pompeo had said he would return to North Korea next week

Trump calls off Pompeo North Korea trip, blasts China

As South Koreans were taken away by bus, their family members strained for a final glimpse

Korean families bid farewell after brief reunion

News Lens / 23 Aug

South Korea said it plans to reduce guard posts along the demilitarised zone

US commander in S Korea backs plan to cut DMZ outposts

Cho Sun-do (L), 89, meets her younger sister Cho Hye-do (R), 86, and younger brother Cho Do-jae (C), 75, during the inter-Korean family reunions

Korean families separated by war reunite after 65 years

Kim Kwang-ho will meet his brother next week for the first time since 1950

Seven decades apart: Families separated in Korea

News Lens / 17 Aug

Kim Jong-nam was killed with a nerve agent

The assassination of Kim Jong-nam

News Lens / 16 Aug

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