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SEOUL: The US on Sunday urged North Korea to stop "counterproductive" missile tests, but expressed hope Pyongyang would respond positively to Washington's call for dialogue. It comes after North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic…

SEOUL: South Korea was preparing to test-launch its first domestically produced space rocket on Thursday in what officials describe as an important step in its pursuit of a satellite launch program. If weather and other conditions…

SEOUL: North Korea's firing of a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into the sea Thursday, if confirmed, would mark the nuclear-armed country's latest advance in weapons technology. Here we look back at the development of the…

SEOUL: North Korean troops have been spotted in commercial satellite imagery preparing for a likely military parade, according to two organisations that track the country. Possible dates for such an event are unconfirmed, but North Korea…

SEOUL: Kim Jong Un’s sister stepped up North Korea’s campaign to halt South Korean-US military exercises set to start next week, amid reports Seoul may seek to delay the exercises to keep its recent detente with Pyongyang on track. Kim…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns over an economic crisis and food shortage. The ruling Worker's…

SEOUL: More than a thousand homes were damaged and some 5,000 people have been evacuated after flooding caused by heavy rains in North Korea, the country's state broadcaster reported, with swathes of farmland also inundated by the…

SEOUL: North Korea is releasing emergency military rice reserves as its food shortage worsens, South Korea's spy agency said on Tuesday, with a heat wave and drought reducing the country's supply. The country's moribund economy is…

SEOUL: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has appeared in recent days with a bandage about the size of a few postage stamps on the back of his head, in the latest episode to stoke speculation about the reclusive leader’s health. The bandage was…

SEOUL: North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations on Tuesday, announcing a restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more than a year ago and revealing that their leaders had exchanged a series of…