North Korea

NKorea defence minister executed for ‘disloyalty’

North Korea's Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol is executed for showing disloyalty to Kim Jong-un.
13 May 2015, 07:38 AM

North Korea 'executed 15 people'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un orders the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says.
29 April 2015, 14:01 PM

N Korea 'arrests two South spies'

North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean men who it accused of spying for Seoul
27 March 2015, 05:57 AM

'No apology' for SKorea sinking

North Korea rejects South Korean calls for an apology over the sinking of a warship Cheonan which went down five years ago with the loss of 46 lives
24 March 2015, 04:53 AM

27kg gold seized from NKorea diplomat at Shahjalal

Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
6 March 2015, 07:01 AM

NKorea fires missiles as US-S Korea drills begin

North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the sea as US-South Korea military exercises get under way
2 March 2015, 04:59 AM