The body of Kim Jong-Nam will be sent to North Korea and nine Malaysians in Pyongyang will be allowed to leave, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak says.

Serves North Korea right. Its Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un wanted his half-brother dead and his lackeys decided to do the dastardly deed in Malaysia.

Undaunted by sanctions and hard realities on the pitch, North Korea's lone football academy has set its sights high -- producing players better than Lionel Messi, and teams that can dominate the world.

South Korea's foreign minister says that North Korea's nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state's fifth nuclear test carried out in defiance of UN sanctions.

North Korea on Wednesday test-fires a submarine-launched missile 500 kilometres (around 300 miles) towards Japan, marking what weapons analysts describe as a clear step forward for its nuclear strike ambitions.

North Korea says its recent ballistic missile launches tested nuclear detonators which could be used in pre-emptive strikes against the South.

North Korea backs US Republican nominee Donald Trump, praising him as "a prescient presidential candidate" who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack.

North Korea has attempted to fire a ballistic missile off its east coast but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean military officials say.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is willing to meet the North Korean leader to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

Global financial network SWIFT is primarily responsible for the hacking of Bangladesh central bank reserve, says head of the committee probing into one of the biggest cyber-heists in the world. SWIFT was responsible to ensure around 13 security measures for the safety of the system but it did not do so, he adds.

North Korea has released a new set of photos of Kim Jong-un and party and military leaders.

BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team are being expelled from North Korea after being detained over their reporting.

The leader of North Korea has said the country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is threatened.

North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying.

US President Barack Obama dismisses North Korea's proposal to suspend nuclear tests if the US ends its annual military exercises with the South.

North Korea has said it will suspend its nuclear tests if the US stops its annual military exercises with South Korea.

South Korea detects signs that the North is preparing for a fifth nuclear test, President Park Geun-hye says.

North Korea conducted a missile test off its east coast on Friday morning, but the launch appears to have failed, say US and South Korean officials.

A senior North Korean military officer who oversaw spying operations has fled to the South, say South Korean officials, in a rare high level defection.

North Korea says it has successfully tested an engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile.