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Kim Jong Un's sister meets South Korean President

Kim Yo Jong is the first member of North Korea's ruling family to visit the South since the 1950-53 Korean War.

North Korea

North Korea shows off its military might ahead of Olympic Games

Peace and diplomacy have taken a backseat as Pyongyang paraded its military

North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's influential sister to visit South

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's influential sister to visit South

North Korea

South Korea offers border talks with North Korea

Just a day after North Korea signaled it might send a delegation to the Winter Olympics, the South responded by offering high level talks on the border

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North Korea

Kim Jong-un warns United States: 'I have a nuclear button on my desk'

North Korean leader declares all of the US mainland is now within range of his country's nuclear weapons.

North Korea

North Korea blames US for ‘nuclear war mania’

Pyongyang slams a US military drill in the region as a provocation that could push the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Korea

North Korea fires new ballistic missile, South Korea's military says

The Pentagon said it had detected a "probable" missile launch and that it was in the process of assessing it.

South Korea

"North Korea is a country ruled by a cult" - Trump

The US president has issued a stark warning to leader Kim Jong-un

North Korea

Rare public outing for Kim's wife on factory tour

Focus on make-up rather than missiles as Kim Jong-un tours cosmetics factory

Malaysia

Kim Jong Nam murder suspects wheeled around crime scene

The two women say they thought they were carrying out a prank for a reality show when they approached the North Korean leader's half-brother at Kuala Lumpur's international airport last February.

North Korea

Hidden North Korea: NBC's Keir Simmons visits Pohynsa Temple

While North Korea delivers heated anti-US rhetoric on an almost daily basis, hearing from the country's people is rare. NBC's Keir Simmons got the chance to do so, on a state-sponsored visit to a temple nestled in the mountains to the north of the capital, Pyongyang.

USA

North Korea EMP attack "could kill 90% of Americans"

Officials in the US hear chilling claims that the rogue nation could be developing a 'doomsday weapon'

North Korea

Meet Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong, the rising star of North Korea's regime

Having kept a low profile, Yo-jong would be totally unknown to most North Koreans

North Korea

Kim Jong-un promotes sister to North Korea’s centre of power

Kim Jong-un's sister has been promoted to the top ranks of the North Korean ruling class.

USA

Trump says talks with North Korea are a "waste of time"

US President Donald Trump says talks with North Korea over its nuclear program are a waste of time

USA

Trump tells Tillerson talks with Kim Jong-Un are "waste of time"

World News

North Korea: Trump and Kim trade "'mad men" insults as war of words intensifies

North Korea

Kim slams Trump as "mentally deranged"

North Korea ups the ante by threatening an H-bomb test in the Pacific, while Kim Jong-un calls President Trump a "dotard" he will "tame with fire".

North Korea

Euroviews. View: What does Kim Jong-un hope to win?

Many commentators attribute "rationality" to Kim's regime but it is hard to see how he wins by escalating tensions

North Korea

North Korea likens Trump to 'barking dog'

"Rocket man" vs "barking dog": the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang rages on.