Sources: ABC News
Malaysian police claim that Kim Jong-nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed by VX nerve agent, a toxin used almost exclusively for chemical warfare. 2017-02-24
Russian border patrol officers open fire on a North Korean fishing vessel, leaving one fisherman dead, and eight others injured. 2016-10-15
A 5.3 magnitude seismic event recorded in North Korea is confirmed to be the result of a nuclear weapons test. 2016-09-9
South Korea claims that North Korea has launched several short range missiles into the Sea of Japan. 2016-03-3
The government of Japan lifts some sanctions on North Korea following an agreement to re-investigate the fate of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s. 2014-07-3
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un orders preparations for strategic rocket strikes on the US mainland at an overnight meeting with top army commanders, in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Bombers in joint US-South Korea military drills. China appeals for calm on all sides. 2013-03-29
North Korea confirms that it has shredded the 60-year-old Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War, and warns that the next step will be an act of "merciless" military retaliation. 2013-03-13
Transparency International releases the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, declaring North Korea and Somalia the most corrupt nations in the world, and New Zealand the least corrupt. 2011-12-4
South Korea sentences a pastor to five years imprisonment for an unauthorised trip to North Korea and praising its regime. 2011-01-21
Family reunions take place in North Korea between North and South Korean families separated during the Korean War sixty years ago. 2010-10-30