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North Korea: Northern exposure
Skiing destinations tend to be in well-heeled areas - from Queenstown to the Austrian Alps and Whistler. Naturally, North Korea wants to take its place alongside the well-groomed resorts.
Kiwi golfer a champ in N Korea
A 29-year-old whiteware salesman who only started playing golf last November has become NZ's most unlikely international sporting champion.
North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters
North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.
No threat to Kiwis in South Korea despite warning
The Government is maintaining there is no specific threat to the safety of New Zealanders in South Korea, despite a new warning issued by the North.
Japan readies missiles amid North Korea threats
Japan has deployed Patriot missiles in its capital as it readies to defend the 30 million people who live in greater Tokyo from any North Korean attack.
Worried reader's guide to North Korea
As tensions surrounding the world's most closed state escalate, Angus West asks experts from around the globe waht on earth they think is going on behind the sabre-rattling.
US spy plane for Japan
The US military is set to deploy an unmanned spy plane in Japan to boost surveillance capabilities as North Korea apparently readies for missile launches.
John Roughan: North Korea, the disaffected child
Each time it makes a threatening gesture to its sister in the south, the US and China respond like different parents. But a sibling often knows a troubled child better than either parent, says John Roughan.
Nth Korea on everyone's agenda
The North Korea security crisis will be high on tomorrow's agenda when Prime Minister John Key meets new President of China Xi Jinping on the Chinese tropical island of Hainan, at the Boao Forum for Asia.
Robert Ayson: Let's hope threats don't lead to action
If North Korea matches its warlike rhetoric with actions we are all in trouble, writes Robert Ayson. Kim Jong-Un may not have inherited the kind of nuclear warheads from his father that are ready to be put on to long-range missiles.
US deploys missile defence shield
The US is deploying a missile defense shield to the Pacific as North Korea renewed its threat of a nuclear attack on the States using "smaller, lighter and diversified'' weapons.
North Korea warns nuke attack cleared
Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea has warned early that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the US using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.
North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
North Korea is to restart its plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material in what is seen as its latest attempt to extract US concessions.
Jack Tame: Pictures aside, North Korea no joke
Since the video was broadcast early this month, North Korea's government has published regular propaganda in what - for those outside North Korea - amounts to farcical episodic delight.
Experts: North Korea behind hacking
A cyberattack caused computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters to crash simultaneously.
US made secret visits to North Korea
A White House official made two secret visits to North Korea last year in an effort to improve relations after new ruler Kim Jong-Un assumed power, former US officials say.
Pacific monitored for radioactivity from N Korea test
ESR scientists are monitoring the Pacific for airborne radioactivity resulting from yesterday's underground nuclear test in North Korea.
Gwynne Dyer: North Korea - a risk worth taking
If North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Un, wanted to end the brutal and destructive tyranny his father and grandfather imposed on the country, he would need support from abroad.
SKorea's president-elect faces NKorea uncertainty
Park Geun-hye promises to reach out to North Korea with more humanitarian aid and deeper engagement after she moves into South Korea's presidential Blue House on February 25.
North Korea rocket launch concerning: McCully
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says he is seriously concerned by reports that North Korea plans to launch a satellite this month using a long-range ballistic missile.