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Kim Yong-un said he will visit the South's capital Seoul 'in the near future'

N Korea says it will shut down key missile site

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang next month

North and South Korea to hold third summit in Pyongyang

People are seen washing cabbage in a river near Raksan (file image)

Red Cross warns N Korea faces 'full-blown' food crisis

North Korea / 10 Aug

"The US administration performance in these years has led the country to be considered untrustworthy and unreliable," Hassan Rouhani said

Iran's Rouhani tells N Korea that US cannot be trusted

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alongside North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho

NK says US impatience on denuclearisation 'alarming'

US soldiers salute during the repatriation ceremony at Osan Air Base in South Korea

US welcomes home remains of war dead from North Korea

US imagery suggests North Korea has renewed ICBM production at a facility near Pyongyang

US detects new activity at North Korea ICBM factory

North Korea / 31 Jul

The pledge to transfer war remains was seen as a goodwill gesture by Kim Jong-Un

Remains of US soldiers repatriated from North Korea

North Korea / 27 Jul

Mike Pompeo told the Senate Committee the US will not let nuclear negotiations with North Korea 'drag on'

North Korea still making nuclear material - Pompeo

North Korea / 26 Jul

Satellite image courtesy of Airbus Defense and Space and 38 North shows the Sohae Satellite Launching Station

North Korea 'begins dismantling' rocket test site

North Korea / 24 Jul

US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the council to enforce sanctions

US urges UN sanctions until NK acts on denuclearisation

North Korea / 20 Jul

No concrete progress has been reported on moves to denuclearise North Korea since last month's summit

Trump - No rush on North Korean denuclearisation

North Korea / 18 Jul

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