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North Korea announces that it has destroyed portions of an unused road that linked North Korea with South Korea.
2024-10-15

The cybersecurity firms Kaspersky Lab and Symantec report that technical evidence connects the WannaCry ransomware attack to the North Korean-backed Lazarus Group. North Korea is also believed to be responsible for previous cyberattacks on the SWIFT banking system and against Sony Pictures.
2017-05-16

China's Ministry of Commerce suspends all coal imports from North Korea until the end of 2017, as part of international sanctions against North Korea over its ballistic missile program.
2017-02-18

South Korea reports that North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
2016-09-5

The United States deploys an additional Patriot missile battery to South Korea in response to North Korea's recent rocket launch.
2016-02-12

North and South Korea exchange artillery fire across sea boundaries.
2014-03-31

Jang Sung-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is executed.
2013-12-12

North Korea sentences American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of prison labor for "hostile acts" against the regime. The United States calls for amnesty.
2013-05-2

The United States announces that it is moving an advanced missile defence system to the Pacific island of Guam in response to North Korean threats.
2013-04-4

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, leads thousands of officials in a memorial service for his father Kim Jong-il, the former leader, who died on 17 December 2011.
2012-12-16