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Growing North Korean nuclear threat awaits US election winner
Trump joins the list of US presidents unable to stop the ever-growing threat from Kim.
Police raid linked to North Korea donation
Two people have had their homes raided by police over a donation used to purchase PPE.
Kim Jong-Un breaks down in tears, apologises for 'failures'
Kim's rare show of emotion has stoked rumours that his leadership is threatened.
New strategic weapon? Kim Jong Un showcases new ballistic missile
North Korea has shown off its latest weapons in a giant Covid-defying military parade.
World living in 'shadow of nuclear catastrophe', UN chief says
Antonio Guterres concerned at escalating dispute between Trump's administration and China.
Kim Jong Un apologises to South Korea for official being shot and burnt
South Korean man was shot and burned after being found in North Korean waters.
North Korea's brutal killing of South Korean official - a first in a decade
It's the first time in 10 years that North Korean forces have killed a Southerner.
How close Trump came to war with North Korea
New details have emerged about the rollercoaster relationship between Trump and Kim.
North Korean propaganda gets a YouTube makeover: Fewer parades, more pizza
New York Times: Social media platforms give the country an easy way to spread propaganda.
Kim Jong-un photographed after 'five of his critics executed'
New images have emerged of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un.
Forbidden love across the border: She's a North Korean defector, he's from the South
North Korea tends to closely monitor men - so women are slipping across the border.
'Modern-day holocaust': Defector exposes hellish life in North Korea
School life brutal, and seeing bodies of people who have died from starvation is "normal".
Kim Jong Un 'hit on' senior Trump staffer
Kim was supposed to be focusing on summit. Instead, he was more interested in the staffer.
Luxury private island, $800 a year. Don't mind the neighbours
It could be paradise, if you don't mind the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Kim Jong-un's sister may have been 'purged'
It's been a month since North Korean leader's younger sister has been seen in public.
North Korea's unprecedented TV move
North Korean state television is usually very strict in how it broadcasts.
Kim Jong Un's sister has vanished from the public eye
July 27 was the last time Kim Yo-jong was seen in public.
North Korean leader seen in new photos
North Korea has released new photographs of Kim Jong Un presiding over a meeting.
'Cruel': Why Kim Jong-un's sister is a problem
Kim Jong-un's "cruel and unpredictable" sister would rule with an iron fist.
Mystery of last seen image of Kim Jong-un
The North Korean leader didn't look like a man who was about to slip into a coma.
Regime change? Kim Jong-Un 'in a coma and his sister is set to take control'
"Kim Yo-jong is being brought to the fore."
N Koreans 'ordered to hand over their dogs for meat'
Pet owners are 'cursing Kim Jong-un behind his back'.
Japan outraged by Korean statue of wartime sex-slavery and PM's likeness
Tokyo asks garden if the work depicts the Japanese PM in monument to war crimes.
North Korea thinks he brought Covid-19. The South wanted to arrest him
New York Times: Defector who swam back to the North was wanted in South Korea.
Kim Jong Un puts city into lockdown, fears 'vicious virus' has arrived in North Korea
North Korean leader believes "the vicious virus" may have entered the country.
'Strange' disappearance of Kim Jong Un has Japan speculating
Japan renews suspicions that North Korea's leader is either dead, sick or incapacitated.
For North Korea, blowing hot and cold is part of the strategy
New York Times: Alternating between raising tensions and extending an olive branch.
Editorial: Asian flare-ups in a changing world
Editorial: Eyes warily on Asia as "America First" architect Donald Trump heads to polls.
As Kim Jong Un turns hostile, his sister does the talking
New York Times: With "revolutionary blood" Kim Yo-jong a candidate to replace her brother.
North Korea blows up liaison office as tensions rise
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border.
Two years after Trump-Kim meeting, little to show for personal diplomacy
New York Times: North Korea's arsenal larger than when Trump and Kim Jong-un first met.
Kim Yo Jong: North Korea threatens military action
Kim Jong-un's sister has erupted at South Korea, threatening military action.