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US President Donald Trump expects a second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un "quite soon".
2018-09-24

North Korea returns what it says are the remains of 55 U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. The repatriation was agreed at the June summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a bid to improve relations.
2018-07-27

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says "potentially positive signals" come from North Korea, but that the two countries are "still a long way" from direct negotiations.
2018-03-8

The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposes new sanctions on North Korea that caps refined petroleum product imports to 500,000 barrels a year, a 90 percent cut, and demands the repatriation of North Koreans working abroad within 24 months.
2017-12-22

In response to the annual military drills, North Korea threatens to destroy Seoul and Washington, D.C. through nuclear weapons if provoked. Both South Korea and the United States insist the drills are for defense.
2016-08-23

North Korea announces that it will release Australian Christian missionary John Short on account of his age.
2014-03-3

Japan goes on full alert as North Korea announces it has delayed its launch of a long range Unha rocket until 29 December.
2012-12-10

North Korea raises the death toll from recent floods to 169, with 400 missing.
2012-08-4

South Korea will repatriate 27 North Koreans who inadvertently drifted across the maritime border.
2011-03-27

The People's Republic of China refuses to let the United Nations Security Council publish a report on North Korea's efforts to avoid sanctions on its nuclear program.
2011-02-23