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SEOUL: South Korea announced plans Monday to compensate victims of Japan's forced wartime labour, aiming to end a "vicious cycle" in the Asian powers' relations and boost ties to counter the nuclear-armed North.

A growing food crisis in the isolated North has led to a rise in deaths from starvation in some places, according to reports.

A group of residents of Japan who say they suffered decades of human rights abuses in North Korea after being lured there by false promises of a “Paradise on Earth” are asking a Japanese appeals court to rule that North Korea should pay them compensation

The South Korean and U.S. militaries say they’ll go ahead with large-scale annual military drills later this month despite North Korea’s threats to take “unprecedently” strong action against such training

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged government officials to make sure the country meets its grain production goals "without fail", state media said Thursday, amid reports Pyongyang's food shortage is worsening. The isolated, nuclear-armed nation -- which is under multiple sets of sanctions over its weapons programs -- has…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged government officials to engineer a "fundamental transformation" in agricultural production, state media reported on Tuesday, amid fears that the country's food shortage is worsening.

North Korea celebrated the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army in February. As it showed off 12 of its massive intercontinental ballistic missile in a military parade, expert Korea-watchers spotted there appear to have been some significant changes in the country’s military and political hierarchy.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened a key party meeting to discuss agricultural development, state media said Monday, following a report of "grave" food shortages in the isolated country. Normally such meetings are convened only once or twice a year, but the plenary comes just two months after…

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un presided over a major political conference dedicated to improving the farming sector

Speculation about North Korea’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a correct agricultural policy

The launch comes a day after the U.S. and South Korea held tabletop exercises simulating a North Korean nuclear attack.