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The South Korean military says that North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile from Pyongyang International Airport, which exploded prematurely in mid-air.
2022-03-16

North Korea test fires several missiles, believed to be anti-ship weapons. The test comes immediately after South Korea suspends further deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system.
2017-06-8

The United States Defense Department reports its Strategic Command systems detected a failed North Korean ballistic missile launch near the city of Kusong in North Pyongan Province.
2016-10-15

Cuba defends North Korea by circulating an amendment to a European-Japanese draft resolution recommending the referral of North Korea to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
2014-11-13

There is an exchange of gunfire as a North Korean patrol boat breaches the South Korean western sea border.
2014-10-7

Botswana ends diplomatic relations with North Korea following a UN report on the latter's human rights record.
2014-02-19

North Korea accuses South Korea of slander and threatens "a retaliatory sacred war".
2011-06-29

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son Kim Jong-nam says his father opposed the hereditary transfer of power, but did so to ensure stability.
2011-01-28

North Korea agrees with United States troubleshooter Bill Richardson to permit the return of United Nations nuclear inspectors.
2010-12-20

North Korea proposes a peace treaty, replacing the Korean War armistice.
2010-01-11