The Latest Breaking News from Pyongyang

Editorial: Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities are increasing, but there is limited international capacity for or interest in addressing them

LIZ Truss’s allies are abandoning her almost as fast as she is careering around No10 wrecking the UK’s economy.

Pyongyang says recent ballistic missile launches had not endangered civil aviation or threatened neighbouring countries.

A small earthquake that occurred early on Saturday near North Korea's known nuclear test site was likely a natural quake, South Korea's weather agency said, amid heightened concern about a possible nuclear test by Pyongyang.

The Vatican on Friday reminded North Korea, whose recent firing of missiles has heightened tensions in Asia, that Pope Francis is eager to visit the country to help the cause of peace if Pyongyang makes an official invitation.

In the 1970s and 1980s, North Korea organised a kidnapping campaign in "enemy" countries. As one of its closest neighbours, Japan became a prime target. The programme, decided at the highest level of the Communist state, was likely intended to train North Korean spies in foreign languages and customs. FRANCE…

The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions following North Korea's latest missile launches this week, targeting a fuel procurement network that Washington said supports Pyongyang's weapons programs and its military.

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday as it claimed its recent blitz of sanctions-busting tests were necessary countermeasures against joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. As the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Pyongyang's Tuesday launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, North…

Between long-range missile launches and the looming prospect of new nuclear tests, this year has seen North Korea return to weapons activities not seen since the days of “fire and fury” in 2017.