Trump has not responded to North Korea's first provocation in the way many probably feared.

When you're a tourist in North Korea, you need to follow the rules - and with tourism on the rise, the danger is growing.

Ballistic missile launch Pyongyang's latest provocation and first test under Trump.

Fresh insight into secretive kingdom reveals the extent of the regime's use of kids as slaves. Here, two teens tell their stories.

The diplomat's decision to defect from a regime he had spent his whole life defending did not happen overnight.

He's raised eyebrows in China with comments on trade, Taiwan and North Korea. But Donald Trump will have much bigger issues than Beijing.

North Korea's quest for a nuclear weapon has driven an even bigger wedge between China and the United States. Donald Trump isn't helping.

To the West he's the world's most threatening figure, but is North Korea's leader simply misunderstood?

They're put on billboards and have their own dolls - what honourable job does a tall, attractive female do in North Korea?

Photographs from high above North Korea show what observers say are concerning developments in the regime's arsenal of repression.

Kiwi freestyle skier Sam Smoothy and filmmaker William Lascelles have gone on a snow trip like no other, exploring the slopes of North Korea.

Searching for "Kim Fatty the Third" in China? You're out of luck.

Rumours are circulating that Kim Jong-Un's wife is pregnant after disappearing from public view for seven months.

Once hailed as South Korea's saviour, Park Geun-hye's reputation has been left in tatters this week after a political scandal was revealed.

A bizarre propaganda video has emerged from North Korea showing Kim Jong-Un flying supposedly flying a plane, shooting guns and riding

COMMENT: It is time to sober up. The superpowers are drunk on rhetoric, mistrust and posturing. They are dragging us all towards the brink.

Until a few months ago, if you wanted a bird's eye view of North Korea's capital, there was basically only one option: a 150m-tall tower across the river from Kim Il Sung Square.

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".

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.

A student who was presumed dead after going missing in China in 2004 has reportedly turned up in North Korea - acting as Kim Jong-un's tutor.

Kim Jong-un ordered the execution of two high-ranking officials by anti-aircraft gun over fears that the dictator is preparing another purge against his people.

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.