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Jo Song Gil is the North's acting ambassador to Rome

N Korean diplomat urges colleague to settle in South

North Korea announced in late 2018 that it was sending a new envoy to Rome

North Korean diplomat 'disappears'

North Korea / 03 Jan

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has said he is ready to meet with US President Donald Trump again at any time

North Korea issues warning to US in New Year address

North Korean hackers have in the past been accused of cyber attacks on South Korean state agencies and businesses

Data on nearly 1,000 North Korean defectors stolen

World / 28 Dec 18

South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon and others board the train to North Korea ahead of the ceremony

Koreas to pledge road, rail links on divided peninsula

World / 26 Dec 18

Kim Jong-un says denuclearisation could be blocked 'forever'

North Korea condemns US over fresh sanctions

World / 17 Dec 18

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

World / 16 Nov 18

Donald Trump met Kim Jong-un in Singapore last June

Second Trump-Kim meeting planned for 2019 - Pence

World / 15 Nov 18

File image of a North Korea missile launch in July 2017

Undeclared missile bases operating in N Korea - report

World / 12 Nov 18

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

World / 11 Nov 18

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

World / 16 Nov 18

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'

World / 01 Nov 18

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

World / 19 Oct 18

North Korea and the Vatican have no formal diplomatic relations

North Korea leader invites pope to visit Pyongyang

World / 09 Oct 18

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

World / 08 Oct 18

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

North and South Korea removing landmines along border

World / 01 Oct 18

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

World / 29 Sep 18

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

News / 19 Sep 18

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

World / 18 Sep 18

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 18

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 18

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

North Korea still 'serious and imminent threat' - Japan

North Korea / 28 Aug 18

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

Japanese tourist expelled from North Korea - report

North Korea / 27 Aug 18

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

Trump cancels Pompeo's trip to North Korea

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