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People watch news on TV showing a file image of a missile launch by North Korea at the Seoul Railway Station, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

North Korea fires another ballistic missile despite threat of UN...

Pyongyang has long had missiles that can reach targets across South Korea and Japan.

22 May 2017 2:41 AM IST

The fact is that a cache of cyber weapons was said to have been stolen from the NSA by the same collective behind the WannaCry ransomware that created the biggest-ever extortion racket to hit the Internet.

North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West

North Korea has been blamed in recent years for a series of online attacks, mostly on financial networks, over a dozen...

21 May 2017 10:08 AM IST

USS Ronald Reagan

Second US aircraft carrier moves towards North Korea

The carrier would hold a variety of training exercises but focus on certifying its ability to safely launch and recover...

20 May 2017 2:28 AM IST

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

Experts say Kim could go ballistic'

Kwangmyongsong' rocket used by the North to put a satellite in space has a potential range of 12K km.

3 Jan 2017 1:53 AM IST

Celebrating Christmas took a new meaning in North Korea this year as Dictator Kim Jon-un banned the festival. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong-un bans Christmas, makes citizens worship grandmother instead

He wants to spread cheer to celebrate his grandmother Kim Jong-suk who was born on Christmas eve in 1919.

26 Dec 2016 1:13 PM IST

Antonio Guterres

New UN chief's mission: Make peace in 2017

Mr Guterres: How can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in...

2 Jan 2017 2:24 AM IST

Malaysia Foreign Minister Anifah Aman. (Photo: AFP)

Malaysia hopes for talks to solve diplomatic dispute with North Korea

Malaysian police confirmed that Kim Chol and Kim Jong Nam was the same person, but refused to say how they identified...

11 March 2017 6:26 PM IST

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (Photo: AP)

South Korean court removes Park from office over graft scandal

The ruling sparked protests from hundreds of Park's supporters, two of whom were killed in clashes with police outside...

11 March 2017 9:46 AM IST

North and South Korea women face off in Pyongyang football match

South Korea's flag flew and its anthem sounded in Pyongyang as its women's football team played out a 1-1 draw with...

7 April 2017 6:04 PM IST

File photo of Kim Jong-Uns brother Kim Jong-Nam (Photo: AFP)

North Korea: Body of Kim Jong-un's brother to undergo autopsy

South Korean reports had earlier suggested the two female assassins had used poison-tipped needles to kill Kim Jong-Nam.

15 Feb 2017 3:37 PM IST

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

Successfully tested new missile: North Korea

The missile was launched from Banghyon air base in the western province of North Pyongan.

13 Feb 2017 10:39 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leave the room after making statements about the North Korean missile launch at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach. (Photo: AP)

Trump, Abe express close bonds after N Korea's missile launch

Trump and Abe had plenty to discuss, including the defense treaty between the nations and their trade relations.

12 Feb 2017 11:21 AM IST