North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to "hold hands" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bolster strategic cooperation on their shared goal of building a powerful country. Kim made the pledge in a message to Putin marking…

A North Korean youth group has donated rocket launchers to the military in a show of "fervent patriotism". State media KCNA reported that the donation of military equipment took place at a ceremony on Tuesday as the Korean Children's…

North Korea has denounced the U.N Security Council for holding a meeting on its recent satellite launch. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a powerful ruling party official, said the meeting was another sign…

South Korea has announced new sanctions against a North Korean hacking group, Kimsuky, it accused of being involved in the North's latest satellite launch attempt. "North Korean hacking groups including Kimsuky have been, directly or…

North Korea's new "Chollima-1" satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea. North Korean state media, KCNA, said the satellite launch rocket failed because of instability in the…

North korea says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong Un has approved final preparations for the launch. READ ALSO:China urges Japan to halt semiconductor export controls However, Japan has placed its…

North Korea has criticised the United States and other Group of Seven (G7) countries after G7 foreign ministers urged denuclearisation and condemned the North's April 13 test of what Pyongyang said was a solid-fuel ICBM. State news…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered that preparations for the planned launch of the country's first spy satellite should go ahead to counter what he called threats from the United States and South Korea. Kim said it was "natural"…

North Korea has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Hwasong-18, to "radically promote" the country's nuclear counterattack capability. State media reports said North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un guided the…

The United States, Japan and South Korea have expressed deep concern over North Korea's malicious cyber activities to support its weapons programmes. Their position is contained in a joint statement released on Friday. "We reiterate…