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China opposes any new sanctions against North Korea during a meeting in the United Nations Security Council.
2016-12-10

North Korea's vice premier Choe Yong-gon is believed to have been executed by firing squad this year for voicing frustration at the policies of leader Kim Jong-Un.
2015-08-12

Jeh Johnson, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, warns Americans to take a threat by Somalia-based al-Shabab to attack shopping malls in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada seriously.
2015-02-22

North Korea holds a trial for American tourist Matthew Miller who was detained in April and sentences him to six years of hard labor.
2014-09-14

North Korea announces that it arrested an American tourist last month for alleged inappropriate behaviour.
2014-06-6

South Korea captures a North Korean fishing boat that had crossed into their waters amid rising tensions between the two neighboring countries.
2014-03-28

North Korea releases 85-year-old American retiree Merrill Newman after 42 days in captivity. The United States once again asks the DPRK to pardon and release Kenneth Bae.
2013-12-7

North Korea sentences American Kenneth Bae to 15 years of prison labor for "hostile acts" against the regime. The United States calls for amnesty.
2013-05-2

North Korea releases the first official image of Kim Jong-il's son, Kim Jong-un.
2010-09-30

United States investigators associated with INTERPOL track 200 bank accounts associated with alleged North Korean drug smuggling, counterfeiting, money laundering and arms trafficking.
2010-07-26