Smoking chimpanzee

Video shows a chimpanzee lighting and smoking a cigarette at a zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea. Officials say the chimp smokes a pack each day.

• Oct 20, 2016
• 0:42

North Korea is considered by some to be the most isolated country in the world, and Kim Jong Un recently made a decision to bolster that notion

North Korea is considered by some to be the most isolated country in the world, and Kim Jong Un recently made a decision to bolster that notion. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korea's independence from Japan, North Korea will create its own time zone. Anna Werner has a report on the creation of the new time zone "Pyongyang Time."

• Aug 8, 2015
• 3:13

North Korea launches missile

Pyongyang has provoked the Biden administration with a missile launch. Ramy Inocencio reports.

• Mar 25, 2021
• 1:38

South Korea says Kim apologized for official's "unfortunate" killing

The North Korean dictator has purportedly told South Korea he's "very sorry" about the incident at sea. It would be an unprecedented apology.

• Sep 25, 2020

North Korea accused of shooting, burning man found adrift in sea

Officials in South Korea say the man, a government official who disappeared off a patrol boat, may have been trying to defect.

• Sep 24, 2020

North Korea cuts communications with South as tension mounts

The messenger may be as important as the message as Kim Jong Un's powerful little sister announces latest move in standoff between North and South Korea.

• Jun 9, 2020

Trump and Abe talk North Korea during Japan visit

President Trump says he isn't bothered by North Korea's latest missile tests. He made the comments during his official state visit to Japan, where he's attending high-stakes meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Markos Kounalakis, a McClatchy News foreign affairs columnist and visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins CBSN to discuss the president's trip.

• May 27, 2019
• 5:26

N. Korea says it launched high-tech missile

North Korea claims to have tested a new high-tech weapon, and says the missile launch was meant as a warning to U.S. ally South Korea. South Korea says the weapons were similar to this Russian- made missile that flies lower and can make in-flight adjustments. The launches were the first since President Trump briefly entered North Korea last month. Margaret Brennan joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss how this latest launch will affect diplomatic relations in the region.

• Jul 26, 2019
• 3:35

North Korea test-fires missiles

The State Department said the U.S. envoy for North Korea is heading back to Asia, trying once again to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. There is new urgency in the mission after recent tests. David Martin reports.

• Aug 16, 2019
• 1:52

North Korea launches unidentified projectile

North Korea on Wednesday fired at least one projectile toward its eastern sea, South Korea's military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the U.S. this weekend.

• Oct 1, 2019
• 0:20

North Korea launches ballistic missile

North Korea fired another ballistic missile Tuesday, hours after agreeing to resume stalled nuclear talks with the U.S. South Korean officials confirm the missile was launched from the coast of Wonsan, east of the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. It flew for about 280 miles and reportedly landed in the Sea of Japan. Ramy Inocencio reports.

• Oct 2, 2019
• 1:40

North Korea is enhancing its nuclear program

Despite international sanctions and U.N. resolutions, North Korea continues to enhance its nuclear and ballistic missile program, according to a new, yet-to-be published U.N. report seen by CBS News. The report also says Pyongyang may be developing a submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles, all while illegally skirting around financial sanctions.

• Feb 11, 2020
• 0:37

Kim Jong Un reappears in public after weeks

After weeks of speculation around Kim Jong Un's heath, North Korean state-run media says the elusive leader has resurfaced. Newly released photos show the 36-year-old dictator opening a fertilizer factory north of the capital. Kim's notable absence from the country's biggest celebration earlier in April fueled rumors that the leader could be seriously ill, even dead. Ramy Inocencio breaks down the latest accounts of the hermit kingdom.

• May 2, 2020
• 2:21

Seoul says it sees nothing unusual in North amid Kim health reports

Unconfirmed media reports said young North Korean leader had heart surgery

• Apr 21, 2020

China and Russia propose lifting some U.N. sanctions on N. Korea

The U.S., however, says "now is not the time for the U.N. Security Council to consider offering premature sanctions relief" to Pyongyang.

• Dec 17, 2019

North Korea confirms second test launch of multiple rocket launcher

Pyongyang says Kim Jong Un watched latest in series of weapons tests, hours after North said it was willing to resume nuclear talks with U.S. in late September

• Sep 11, 2019

North Korea fires projectiles after offering to resume U.S. talks

The projectiles reportedly flew across North Korea before landing in the waters off its east coast

• Sep 9, 2019

North Korea confirms test-firing of rocket launcher system

Experts say the North's increased testing activity is aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington and Seoul over stalled nuclear negotiations

• Aug 2, 2019

Fears for Australian student reportedly detained in North Korea

Given the North's history of locking up foreigners on petty charges to use as political pawns, Alek Sigley's family and friends are concerned

• Jun 27, 2019

Inside North Korea

A look inside notoriously secretive North Korea

• May 14, 2019
• 47 photos

U.S. billed $2M for Otto Warmbier's care

CBS News has confirmed North Korea gave the Trump administration a $2 million bill for the hospital care of American hostage Otto Warmbier, who later died in the U.S. The University of Virginia student was sentenced to 15 years hard labor in prison, accused of taking a propaganda poster during a visit to Pyongyang. Warmbier was sent home in a coma in 2017. The U.S. says it never intended to pay the bill, but it was signed for. Weijia Jiang reports.

• Apr 26, 2019
• 2:48

Kim Jong Un meets Vladimir Putin in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin says North Korea's Kim Jong Un is ready to give up his nuclear weapons but he wants security assurances. The two leaders met for a historic summit in Russia. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.

• Apr 25, 2019
• 4:31

North Korea says it test-fired a new tactical guided weapon

North Korea has test-fired a "new-type tactical guided weapon," its state media announced Thursday

• Apr 17, 2019

North Korea threatens to restart nuke tests, abandon U.S. talks

Top official blames Pompeo and Bolton for lost "golden opportunity," but lauds Kim Jong Un's "mysteriously wonderful" relationship with Trump

• Mar 15, 2019

U.S. & N. Korea end summit without deal

The second summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un has ended with no agreement about the lifting of sanctions or denuclearization. Former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and CBS News military and homeland security analyst Adm. Sandy Winnefeld joins CBSN to analyze the summit.

• Feb 28, 2019
• 6:21

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