The Latest Breaking News from Pyongyang

North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions.

Pyongyang says it will attempt its latest satellite launch before December 2 as Japan and South Korea on standby.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is launching his biggest scaling back of country’s embassies, likely betting he can earn a larger payout in arms deals with the Kremlin than through missions suspected of sending him a cut of their alleged crimes.

A Beijing-based art dealer touts itself as China's premier seller of North Korean art, despite stiff U.N. sanctions prohibiting the sale of such goods, The gallery’s existence and conspicuous sales tactics, highlight China’s lax enforcement of U.N. sanctions targeting North Korea to stymie Pyongyang’s nuclear program

International authorities say there is growing evidence that shows Beijing is helping cash-strapped North Korea evade a range of international sanctions designed to hamper Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program

Pyongyang and Moscow have an ‘arms-for-liftoff deal’, claims South Korea’s spy agency.

A Japanese high court on Monday said the North Korean government was responsible for the human rights abuses of plaintiffs who said they were lured to the North by Pyongyang’s false promise of living in the “paradise on Earth."

Despite questions over quality, scale of munition shipments indicates Moscow plans to continue conflict for long time

US and its Asian allies condemn supply of military equipment, saying these would increase human toll of Moscow’s war against Ukraine