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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

US • 10 Sep 18

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

US • 25 Aug 18

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

Trump calls off Pompeo North Korea trip, blasts China

World • 24 Aug 18

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 18

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

US commander in S Korea backs plan to cut DMZ outposts

News • 22 Aug 18

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

World • 20 Aug 18

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 18

Kim Jong-nam was killed with a nerve agent

The assassination of Kim Jong-nam

News Lens • 16 Aug 18

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

World • 13 Aug 18

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 18

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