South Korea: North Korea has executed top education official

If confirmed, they would be the latest in a series of killings, purges and dismissals carried out since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took power in late 2011

• Aug 30, 2016

North Korea makes violent threat at truce village inside DMZ

North's Korean People's Army accuses U.S., South Korean soldiers of "deliberate provocations"

• Aug 27, 2016

S. Korea: N. Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile

Missile fired from a submarine off the eastern coastal town of Sinpo flew about 310 miles, the longest flight of a North Korean submarine-launched missile

• Aug 23, 2016

U.N. accuses North Korea of planting land mines near border village

American-led U.N. Command in South Korea says North Korea​ planted land mines near a truce village inside the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas

• Aug 23, 2016

N. Korea: Diplomat defector is child raping "human scum"

Official news agency dismisses ex-minister at embassy in London, who fled to South Korea, as a criminal and a propagandist

• Aug 22, 2016

Senior N. Korean diplomat defects in apparent disgust at Kim

London-based official takes advantage of opportunity to make a run for South Korea, saying he yearned for democracy

• Aug 17, 2016

North Korea rebuked over "unforgivable act of violence"

North Korea expected to carry out weapons launches in coming weeks to protest annual U.S.-South Korean military drills that begin later this month

• Aug 4, 2016

North Korea shoots for the moon

"Our aerospace scientists will conquer space and definitely plant the flag of the DPRK on the moon," scientist says

• Aug 4, 2016

S. Korea says N. Korea has fired ballistic missile into the sea

Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was launched toward the waters off the North's east coast

• Aug 3, 2016

North Korea accused of phishing attack

Hacked into emails of dozens of South Korean officials, journalists and professors, prosecutor says

• Aug 1, 2016

North Korea: U.S. "crossed the red line" with latest move

Remarks from North Korea's top diplomat for U.S. affairs come ahead of joint military exercises south of Demilitarized Zone

• Jul 28, 2016

Lapel pins with images of former N. Korean ruler found in South

All North Koreans must wear pins with images of leaders; possibility they were carried across border by propaganda balloons, reports say

• Jul 28, 2016

S. Korea: N. Korea has fired three missiles into eastern sea

South Korea says ​North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into its eastern sea, eight days after Pyongyang warned of a "physical counter-action"

• Jul 19, 2016

Locals pen letters in blood to protest U.S. missile defense site

Citing North Korean threat, U.S. and S. Korean defense chiefs agreed to put advanced system in farming town, but the farmers don't want it

• Jul 13, 2016

N. Korea retaliates after U.S. sanctions target Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang vows to end diplomatic communication channel with U.S. and hints at harsher punishment for Americans detained in the country

• Jul 11, 2016

​North Korea test-fires ballistic missile from sub

Launch is latest in string of tests that are part of efforts by North to advance technology capable of delivering nuclear warheads

• Jul 9, 2016

North Korea's Kim fights sanctions with skyscrapers

Despite crippling economic isolation, Kim Jong Un puts soldier-builders to work creating glistening new "Pyonghattan" in capital city

• Jun 29, 2016

​North Korea makes apparent progress with midrange missile

Powerful ballistic missile which could reach U.S. bases in the Pacific launched about 620 miles high after five failed attempts

• Jun 22, 2016

S. Korea: North Korea fires 2nd missile in a day

North Korea apparently fired two powerful new Musudan mid-range missiles, U.S. and South Korean military officials said

• Jun 21, 2016

S. Korea says N. Korea attempted missile launch likely failed

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that ​North Korea attempted to launch an unidentified missile but that it is presumed to have failed

• May 30, 2016

S. Korea, U.S., and Japan join against N. Korea threat

Koreans push aside their resentment at Japanese colonial rule to prepare for the threat of missile launches from the Hermit Kingdom

• May 16, 2016

Former North Korean military chief not dead, South admits

A former North Korean military chief was reported as having been executed by Seoul, until he was recently promoted

• May 10, 2016

N. Korea expels reporter as Kim Jong Un warns "hostile forces"

More than 100 reporters were invited to cover Workers' Party congress -- but the relationship between N. Korea and foreign press is complicated

• May 9, 2016

What it's like to grow up inside North Korea

CBS News went inside North Korea and got a look at what it's like to grow up in the Hermit Kingdom

• May 8, 2016

Kim Jong Un clarifies his nuclear weapons stance

North Korean leader facing international pressure over recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch

• May 8, 2016

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