The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

South Korea's new President Yoon Suk-yeol called for the "complete denuclearization" of the North at his swearing-in on Tuesday, describing Pyongyang's weapons as a threat to regional and global security. Yoon, 61, who started work in an underground bunker with a security briefing on North Korea, took office at a…

Yoon Suk-yeol also wants closer relations with the U.S.

Elected in a tight contest in March, Yoon Suk-yeol proposes ‘audacious’ plan for Pyongyang at his inauguration in Seoul

South Korea's new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, said on Tuesday that North Korea's weapons programmes pose a threat but that he is ready to provide an "audacious" economic plan if the North is committed to denuclearisation.

The United States has scheduled an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Wednesday following North Korea’s latest test of a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine

Meeting, which diplomats say will take place Wednesday, comes after Pyongyang carried out 15th missile test this year.

The U.N. Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday at the request of the United States to discuss North Korea's latest missile launches, diplomats said, as Washington pushes the 15-member body to strengthen sanctions on Pyongyang.

Coun Glen Sanderson asked councillors not to criticise the council in public for fear of damaging its reputation

North Korea fires unidentified projectile

Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol becomes South Korea’s president on Tuesday and immediately faces a tough mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges

South Korea’s departing liberal president has defended his policy of engaging North Korea