Sources: ABC News
North Korea terminates its 2018 agreement with South Korea, citing escalations in military provocations as well as plans to deploy military forces along the Military Demarcation Line. 2023-11-23
Fearing lack of payment, China National Petroleum Corporation stops selling oil to North Korea. 2017-06-28
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol threatens to test missiles on a "weekly" basis, as United States Vice President Mike Pence warns the DPRK that the United States' "era of strategic patience" with the country was over. 2017-04-17
China opposes any new sanctions against North Korea during a meeting in the United Nations Security Council. 2016-12-10
North Korea deploys one or two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on its east coast, possibly preparing for launch on or around Friday, the anniversary of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. 2016-04-14
North Korea's state media reports Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, in comments released today, states the country has miniaturized nuclear warheads to be mounted on ballistic missiles, and has ordered improvements in the power and precision of its arsenal. 2016-03-9
North Korea claims to have successfully test fired a ballistic missile from a submarine. 2015-05-9
2013 Korean crisis: The annual session of North Korea's Parliament, the Supreme People's Assembly, takes place in Pyongyang, following repeated threats of violence by the leader Kim Jong-Un against South Korea and the United States. Choi Bu-Il is appointed Minister of Internal Security. 2013-04-1
North Korea agrees, for the first time in 6 years, to let the United States search for the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War. 2011-10-22
North Korea is to establish a special economic zone on two islands close to the Chinese border. 2011-06-6