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North Korea recognizes the independence of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, becoming the third nation to do so after Russia and Syria. Ukraine suspends relations with North Korea in response.
2022-07-13

North Korea blows up the four-storey Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the Kaesong Industrial Region, according to South Korean authorities. Kim Yo-jong, the sister of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, had earlier threatened to destroy the "useless" building. A neighbouring apartment complex used by South Korean officials appears to have partially collapsed in the explosion.
2020-06-16

During the State of the Union speech, President Trump announced he will meet with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Vietnam on February 27 and 28.
2019-02-5

U.S. President Donald Trump responds to Kim Jong-un's claim of having North Korea's nuclear missile launch button on his desk, boasting that the size of the nuclear missile launch button on his own desk is larger and more powerful than Kim's.
2018-01-2

China limits petroleum exports and bans imports of textiles from North Korea as part of new sanctions following the latest nuclear test.
2017-09-23

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, fails to show at an event marking the 69th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, increasing speculation about his prolonged absence from public view.
2014-10-10

Japan and the Philippines are on alert for the North Korean rocket launch over the next few days.
2012-04-12

South Korea lifts a temporary ban that it placed on travel to North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il.
2012-01-3

The Panama Canal is shut to traffic due to heavy rain, the first time it has been shut since the United States invaded in 1989.
2010-12-8

Eight people are missing and one dies as a fishing boat sinks while searching for the South Korean "Cheonan" warship that sank last week near the Northern Limit Line border with North Korea.
2010-04-3