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A man watches a television news broadcast showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on September 15, 2021, after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea according to the South’s military. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

North Korea fires ‘missile’, insists on right to weapons tests

The projectile was fired from the northern province of Jagang into waters off the east coast

US President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to “resume and push forward productive dialogues for making a new breakthrough in the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

North Korea hails ‘historic’ Kim-Trump summit

Kim and Trump shook hands over the concrete slabs dividing North and South before Trump walked a few paces into Pyongyang’s territory

North Korea slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Monday, calling him a “war maniac” who should be banished, (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

North Korea slams ‘war maniac’ Bolton

North Korea has sought to raise the pressure and carried out two short-range missile tests earlier this month

There has however been growing international concern about repeated allegations of the use of poison gases in the Iraq and Syria conflicts

Showdown as West seeks to boost powers of chemical arms watchdog

A two-thirds majority, minus any abstentions, is needed for Britain’s draft to pass

Game on: Organisers of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea are upbeat despite tensions elsewhere

North Korea to attend Olympics in rival South

Seoul was keen to proclaim the Games in Pyeongchang, just 80 kilometres south of the DMZ, a "peace Olympics" but it needed Pyongyang to attend

Pressure: Publishers have thrown the book at the government for the three months it has given them to produce textbooks

South Korea proposes high-level talks with the North

In his speech Monday, Kim said the Olympics could provide a reason for officials from the neighbours "to meet in the near future".

Changes: Jørn Andersen

Coach enjoys the suite life in Pyongyang

‘I live in a hotel suite with my wife and live in Pyongyang like I do in Europe’

The nuclear vows and a rising tide of threats in recent weeks are seen as efforts by Pyongyang to force disarmament-for-aid talks with Washington.

​US labels North Korea ‘war’ claim absurd, as Pyongyang boosts defences

The United Nations has called out for calm between the United States and North Korea amid threats of nuclear warfare between the countries two leaders

US President Donald Trump’s land-for-peace formula feeds into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revanchism. Photo: File

World leaders anxious to hear Trump as UN assembly kicks off

Trump takes the podium at the General Assembly, presenting his message to the world as he pushes his nationalist "America First" agenda.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is inspecting the defence detachment on Mahap Islet in the western sector.

North Korea threatens to respond harshly to UN sanctions

The United States has called the UN Security Council to vote on a draft proposal to impose tough sanctions against North Korea.

The nuclear vows and a rising tide of threats in recent weeks are seen as efforts by Pyongyang to force disarmament-for-aid talks with Washington.

North Korea to escalate nuclear activity

North Korea says it will increase production of nuclear weapons material, including restarting a long-shuttered plutonium reactor.

New conflict-prevention and resolution mechanisms are needed to advocate for mutual assured survival instead of mutual assured destruction

Analysts claim North Korean missiles fake

Analysts say ominous North Korean missiles are fakes and not very convincing ones, casting further doubt on the country’s claims of military prowess.

North Korea’s failure to launch

North Korea’s failure to launch

North Korea has admitted its much hyped long-range rocket failed to deliver a satellite into orbit, dealing a blow to the reclusive state.

What’s the plan if North Korea collapses?

North Korea appears to be making an orderly transition after the death of Kim Jong-il last week, but the risk of collapse is higher than before.

Military back Kim’s heir but will rule together

Military back Kim’s heir but will rule together

North Korea’s new young leader Kim Jong-un will have to share power with an uncle and the military after the death of his father Kim Jong-il.

Clinton ‘deeply concerned’ for N Korea’s citizens

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US hopes the new North Korean leadership chooses to guide their nation onto the path of peace.

N Korea media laud son, nation mourns Kim Jong Il

The body of North Korea’s long-time ruler Kim Jong Il was laid out in a glass coffin on Tuesday as weeping mourners filled public plazas.

How to reunite Korea without going broke or causing chaos

Reunification could lift millions of North Koreans out of poverty and boost average income by at least tenfold. But it would probably slow South Korea

US again urges North Korea to meet its obligations

US again urges North Korea to meet its obligations

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Friday held out the possibility of a resumption of six-party talks if North Korea ceases provocations.

Pyongyang says peninsula inching to ‘brink of war’

North Korea said on Friday that impending military exercises by the South and the United States are pushing the region towards war.