The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

As South Koreans head to the polls for a parliamentary election, the country's worsening ties with North Korea are high on the agenda. The small South Korean island of Yeonpyeong is located about 12 kilometres from the North Korean coast. In January, Pyongyang fired live artillery into nearby waters, forcing…

Chinese official Zhao Leji to lead delegation to North Korea for Friendship Year opening ceremony, strengthening diplomatic ties.

US envoy to UN visits Korean border, engaging with defectors to understand challenges and promote peace amidst tensions with North Korea.

South Korea put its second domestically made spy satellite into orbit, Seoul's defence ministry said Monday, after it launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

South Korea and North Korea escalate satellite capabilities amidst tensions. U.N. prohibits North Korea's launches.

North Korea's successful test of a new hypersonic missile powered by solid propellants raises tensions in the region.

State media said the missile – named Hwasong-16B – was a key piece of the country’s nuclear war deterrent.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of a new medium-to-long range solid-fuel hypersonic missile, state media said Wednesday, hailing the "important military strategic value" of the new weapon.

North Korea's suspected missile launch raises international concerns and draws condemnation, escalating tensions in the region.

North Korea test-fires suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile, escalating tensions in the region. International community closely monitors implicat...

North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a spate of banned weapons tests by Kim Jong Un's regime this year.