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North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu and a Chinese delegation meet in Pyongyang to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities during the Korean War. Kim and Shoigu also attend an exhibition of North Korean ballistic missiles, which have been prohibited by multiple United Nations resolutions endorsed by China and Russia.
2023-07-27

Japan places its Self-Defense Forces on high alert as defence minister Yasukazu Hamada says that Japan could potentially shoot down the North Korean reconnaissance satellite that is expected to be launched by Pyongyang if it falls in Japanese territory.
2023-04-22

North and South Korea restore hotlines between the two countries, more than a year after Pyongyang cut ties in June 2020. The move comes after months of correspondence by letters of negotiations between South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in an attempt to improve relations between the two countries.
2021-07-27

South Korean President Moon Jae-in urges incoming U.S. President Joe Biden to learn from the policies, both positive and negative, of Donald Trump towards North Korea and says that the North has a "clear willingness to denuclearize if Washington and Pyongyang could find mutually agreeable steps to decrease the nuclear threat and ensure the North's security".
2021-01-18

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang for their third summit meeting in 2018, as both countries look to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.
2018-09-18

North Korea and South Korea officials begin high-level negotiations, with reports suggesting that Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in could be planning for a summit in Pyongyang later this month.
2018-08-13

North Korea threatens a pre-emptive nuclear strike against South Korea and the United States in response to the two nations' annual joint military exercise which Pyongyang considers is a pretext for an invasion.
2016-03-6

An apartment block in the North Korean capital Pyongyang containing 100 families collapses.
2014-05-13

A delegation from the United States arrives in the North Korean capital Pyongyang to assess the food shortage in the country.
2011-05-24

North Korea unveils a "super drink" to multiply brain cells and stop skin ageing which it says attracted attention from China and Germany at a trade fair in Pyongyang.
2010-06-4