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World
May 3
North and South Korea exchange gunfire at border
North and South Korea have exchanged gunfire around the South's guard post, raising tensions a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended an almost three-week absence from public life.
World
June 29
Trump offers to meet Kim in demilitarised-zone
US President Donald Trump says he'd like to see North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this weekend at the demilitarised zone, and North Korea said a meeting would be "meaningful" if it happened.
World
May 31
N Korea carrying out purge after summit collapse - Chosun Ilbo
North Korea executed Kim Hyok Chol, its special envoy to the US, and foreign ministry officials who carried out working-level negotiations for the second US-North Korea summit in February holding them responsible for its collapse.
World
May 4
N Korea fires short-range missiles
North Korea fired several short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's military said, the first missile launch since 2017 as it steps up pressure against Washington after a failed nuclear summit.
World
December 24
US court orders N Korea to pay $501m for student death
A US court on Monday ordered Pyongyang to pay $501 million in damages for the torture and death of US college student Otto Warmbier, who died in 2017 shortly after being released from a North Korea prison.
World
September 18
Koreas hold high-stakes summit, nuclear talks in jeopardy
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in departed for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seeking to cement a breakthrough in faltering nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington.
World
August 20
Korean families' tearful reunion after 65 years
Some 90 families from the two Koreas were reunited in the North on Monday (local time), weeping and embracing each after being torn apart for more than six decades by the 1950-53 Korean War.
World
July 8
N Korea accuses US of 'gangster-like' behaviour
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brushed off North Korean accusations of "gangster-like" diplomacy during negotiations in Pyongyang.
World
June 30
N Korea still secretly building nukes
US intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months, despite Trump assurances.
World
June 10
Trump, Kim set to arrive in Singapore for summit
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to land in Singapore today within hours of each other in advance of a historic summit over the reclusive country's arsenal of nuclear weapons.
World
May 24
Trump scraps North Korea summit
US President Trump called off a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month, citing Pyongyang's "open hostility," and warned that the US military was ready if any reckless acts happen.
World
March 9
N Korea to suspend nuke tests for Trump talks
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un wants to meet his arch critic President Donald Trump and has agreed to suspend nuclear missile tests.
World
February 25
N Korean VIPs targeted on way to Games close
South Korean protesters have tried to block a motorcade carrying North Korean dignitaries to the Pyeongchang Winter Games closing ceremony.
World
February 12
Wait on to see if Olympic thaw between Koreas fruitful
The US Defense Secretary said it was too early to tell whether a diplomatic detente between the two Koreas at the Winter Olympics would lead to results, but the move had not driven a wedge between Washington and Seoul.
World
January 16
Japan issues false alarm over missile launch
Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued a false alarm saying North Korea appeared to have launched a missile and urging people to take shelter, but it managed to correct the error within minutes.
World
January 9
N Korea to send athletes to Winter Olympics
North Korea said during rare talks with the South it will send a delegation of high-ranking officials, athletes and a cheering squad to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea next month.
World
January 1
Kim Jong-Un: 'nuclear button on my desk'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Monday that the United States will never be able to start a war against North Korea now that his country has developed the capability to hit all of the United States mainland with its nuclear weapons.
World
December 19
US blames N Korea for global cyber attack
The Trump administration has publicly blamed North Korea for unleashing the so-called WannaCry cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies across the globe earlier this year.
World
December 17
Australian trying to sell missile parts for N.Korea
Australian police said on Sunday they had arrested a man accused of working on the black market to sell missile components and coal on behalf of North Korea, the first charges ever brought in Australia over the sale of weapons of mass destruction.
National
November 14
Rumours Peters heading to N Korea
Foreign Minister Winston Peters may be heading to North Korea as part of a trip organised by the US.
World
November 12
Trump and Kim trade 'childish' barbs
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by calling him "old" and said he would never call Kim "short and fat."
World
October 7
N.Korea preparing long-range missile test
North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile which it believes can reach the west coast of the United States, a Russian lawmaker just returned from a visit to Pyongyang was quoted as saying on Friday.
World
September 30
N.Korea seen moving missiles - S.Korean media
Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted being moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang amid speculation the North was preparing to take more 'proactive measures'.
Sport
September 22
France to skip Olympics if safety not assured
France's Winter Olympics team will not travel to the 2018 Games in South Korea if its security cannot be guaranteed, showing the first major doubts by a participating nation about growing North Korean tensions.
World
September 10
Kim Jong Un fetes nuclear scientists, holds celebration
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a massive celebration to congratulate his nuclear scientists and technicians who steered the country's sixth and largest nuclear test a week ago, its official news agency said.
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