Seoul: North Korea fires short-range projectiles into sea

Launch comes hours after U.N. Security Council imposes toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in two decades for recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch

• Mar 2, 2016

U.S. seeking to tighten screws on North Korea

Proposing new U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang over North's latest nuke test and rocket launch

• Feb 25, 2016

Top official: North Korea preparing "terror" attacks

Senior South Korean presidential official says in televised remarks Pyongyang's spy agency has begun work to carry out attacks

• Feb 18, 2016

U.S. stealth jets fly over S. Korea amid N. Korea standoff

South Korea's president is warning of the North's collapse amid a festering standoff over its nuclear and missile ambitions

• Feb 16, 2016

U.S., Seoul to take harder line on North Korea

New tough stance comes after Pyongyang's recent nuclear test, rocket launch, South shuttering symbol of cooperation

• Feb 12, 2016

U.S. intel chief offers warning about N. Korea nuclear threat

James Clapper also weighs in on ISIS and cyber threats while delivering annual assessment of the top dangers facing the country

• Feb 9, 2016

N. Korea confirms suspicions of imminent launch

Isolated regime says it will soon send satellite into space, which the U.S. views as a way to test long-range missile tech

• Feb 2, 2016

North Korea arrests U.S. college student

Pyongyang claims young UVA student traveling with tour group was on U.S. government mission "perpetrating a hostile act against" the North

• Jan 22, 2016

N. Korea puts on show of military might for anniversary

Dictator Kim Jong Un orders military parade to mark 70th anniversary of ruling party's -- and his family's -- rise to absolute power

• Oct 10, 2015

N. Korea primps and preps for lavish anniversary events

Pyongyang to host thousands of guests from inside and outside the country as Workers' Party celebrates 70 years at helm of the Hermit Kingdom

• Oct 8, 2015

North Korea releases detained NYU student

Won Moon Joo, a U.S. resident from South Korea, had been held since April for illegally entering the North from China

• Oct 5, 2015

U.S. student held in North Korea: I'm healthy

Pyongyang presented him to media but its plans for South Korean citizen detained 5 months remain unclear

• Sep 25, 2015

Is N. Korea's flag carrier the world's worst airline?

Air Koryo is the only carrier to have been awarded just one star in recent rankings focused on service

• Sep 2, 2015

Kim Jong Un sacks top officials after standoff with Seoul eases

Analysts say North Korea officials may have been dismissed because they misjudged South Korea's strong response to mine blasts

• Aug 28, 2015

North and South Korea reach pact to ease tensions

Both sides wanted a face-saving way to defuse a crisis that had the rivals threatening war

• Aug 24, 2015

North and South Korea locked in tense standoff

As rare direct negotiations aimed at defusing soaring war rhetoric drag on, neither side appears willing to make 1st move

• Aug 24, 2015

North Korea threatens war with South after artillery fire

U.S. and South Korea briefly halt annual military exercise amid escalating rhetoric

• Aug 21, 2015

Expert: Satellite images show nuclear N. Korea a "clear threat" to U.S.

New U.S. research sheds some light on how Pyongyang gets the raw material to fuel its nuclear ambitions

• Aug 12, 2015

North Korea creates new time zone

"Wicked imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time," official news agency says

• Aug 8, 2015

N. Korea: Our nukes aren't "on the negotiating table"

In first response to Iran nuclear deal, regime says Pyongyang "remains unchanged in the mission of its nuclear force"

• Jul 21, 2015

S. Korea tests ballistic missile as tension mounts

Seoul responds to recent claimed advances in military technology north of the border with a bold new claim of its own

• Jun 3, 2015

Female peace activists to cross no man's land

American rights icon Gloria Steinem, 81, will join about 30 others in reunification march across DMZ from North to South Korea

• May 19, 2015