A New Zealand lawyer has been fined and chastised after she allegedly told a court registrar to "go back to North Korea and work in the camp there".

Foreign Affairs officials are investigating how a New Zealand-made aircraft turned up at a North Korean military air show painted up in the hermit state's colours.

An air festival featuring sky diving, air force demonstrations and lots of beer is North Korea's latest attempt to attract more foreign tourists.

The parents of a Utah man who disappeared from China believe he was taken by the North Korean regime.

Gerard van Bohemen, NZ's Ambassador to the UN, announces "appropriate measures" aimed at Pyongyang being developed after 'insane' nuclear threat.

Pyongyang claim that it had advanced its ability to make a nuclear weapon by miniaturising and mounting a warhead on a missile.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has had a senior official executed because he did not sit properly in a meeting.

The most senior diplomat ever to defect from North Korea has abandoned his post as deputy ambassador in London.

North Korea is encouraging its population to eat more dog meat by suggesting it contains more vitamins than chicken, beef, pork and duck.

A selfie of two gymnasts whose nations are sworn enemies has melted hearts, with one saying this is what the Games are about.

North Korea said it will end a diplomatic communication channel with the US and hinted at harsher punishment for Americans detained there in retaliation for U.S. sanctions.

A US surfer who recently visited North Korea has described it as "the New Zealand of Asia".

Wandering through Times Square, past the Naked Cowboy and the Elmos and the ticket touts, she could be any immigrant trying to live the American Dream.

North Korea detained a BBC journalist over his reporting and he was to be expelled, according to media reports.

Kim Jong Un has announced North Korea's first "five-year plan" since the 1980s.

North Korea sees foreign prisoners as a valuable tool to exert pressure on its enemies - and none are more valuable than Americans.

North Korea detonates a sea-launched nuclear missile over Washington DC in a fantasy video released by the Ministry of Propaganda.

OPINION: It's been 37 years since the movie Midnight Express painted a grim picture for travellers pondering the thrill of breaking local laws.

WATCH: This is the moment a US student on holiday to North Korea stole a poster that resulted in a sentence of 15 years' hard labour.

For decades North Korea has built networks of front companies and foreign intermediaries to channel currency in and out.

South Korea claimed yesterday North Korea was planning terrorist attacks on the south.

Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, planned to end the hereditary system of rule that handed power to his son Kim Jong Un.

What do we know about North Korea's leader? Very little. Which makes Kenji Fujimoto worth listening to.

Kim Jong Un turned 33 yesterday, and from the North Korean leader's perspective he had plenty to celebrate: Everyone's talking about him again.

For any rational military strategist, the risks of an armed response to North Korea's sanctions violations and pin-prick provocations are prohibitive, writes Benjamin Habib.

North Korea once again demonstrated its mastery of timing as it caught the world off-guard with its surprise nuclear test.