Sources: ABC News
North and South Korea restore hotlines between the two countries, more than a year after Pyongyang cut ties in June 2020. The move comes after months of correspondence by letters of negotiations between South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in an attempt to improve relations between the two countries. 2021-07-27
A day after North Korea severed its hotlines with South Korea over defectors who sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the border, South Korea announces it is taking legal action against two organisations that conducted such operations, saying that they "have created tension between the two Koreas and caused danger to the border-area residents' lives and safety". 2020-06-10
North Korea blows up ten of its front-line guard posts in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in accordance with agreements made with South Korea earlier this year. 2018-11-20
North Korea celebrates its 70th anniversary with a military parade in Pyongyang with the absence of its international ballistic missiles. 2018-09-9
An apartment block in the North Korean capital Pyongyang containing 100 families collapses. 2014-05-13
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that the crisis may soon become "uncontrollable". The Commander of the United States Pacific Command Samuel J. Locklear describes the situation as a threat to the U.S. but states that North Korean missiles will not be destroyed, unless a serious threat. 2013-04-9
South Korea offers food aid to North Korea after recent floods which have killed over 500 North Koreans. 2012-09-7
South Korea approves additional humanitarian aid worth 176 million won to North Korea. 2011-04-4
The Republic of Korea Marine Corps holds live-fire drill exercises on Yeonpyeong Island. North Korea says it will not retaliate. 2010-12-20
North Korea proposes the resumption of family reunions with South Korea. 2010-09-11