North Korea Assembly vote set for March, to consolidate Kim`s power

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 06:00

North Koreans will hold elections for the country`s rubber stamp Parliament in March, the first such polls under Kim Jong Un`s leadership, which are set to further consolidate his power after the purge of his uncle.

US duo releases first-ever N Korea rap video

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 02:18

What`s likely the first rap video ever made in North Korea went online on Tuesday to the delight of the young and ambitious Washington hiphop duo that created it.

US bolsters forces in South Korea with armoured unit

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 02:03

The US military will deploy 800 additional troops from an armoured unit to South Korea to bolster its forces in case of a crisis with North Korea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Ex-NBA player says NKorea game dwarfed by politics

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 00:22

Former NBA star Charles D Smith says he feels remorse for coming to Pyongyang with Dennis Rodman for a game on the North Korean leader`s birthday because the event has been dwarfed by politics and tainted by Rodman`s own comments.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un`s aunt dies, says report

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 10:07

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un`s aunt and Jang Song Thaek`s wife, Kim Kyong Hui, has died.

Dennis Rodman lands in North Korea for basketball on Kim Jong Un`s birthday

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 08:50

Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea with a team of retired professional basketball players to mark the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korean execution by dog story likely came from satire

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 18:39

An international media frenzy over reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un`s uncle had been executed by throwing him to a pack of dogs appears to have originated as satire on a Chinese microblogging website.

S Korean President proposes new family reunions with N Korea

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 14:06

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed fresh reunions of families separated by the Korean War after a previous bid was cancelled by Pyongyang and promised increased humanitarian aid to the impoverished North.

Dennis Rodman says he loves N Korea`s Kim Jong-Un

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 13:02

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman headed to Pyongyang today with a group of former NBA players, saying he will not raise concerns about repression in North Korea because leader Kim Jong-Un is his friend and he loves him.

Swedish surprise at seeing snow cannon used in North Korea

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 23:33

When North Korea`s state media this week issued pictures of leader Kim Jong-Un visiting a new ski field he ordered built, one firm in Sweden couldn`t believe what it was seeing.

Kim Jong-Un made starving dogs eat naked uncle alive in cage

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 13:42

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un`s uncle was stripped naked and thrown into a cage to be executed by dogs.

N Korea vows to build `world-class` structures

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 20:07

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un today called for the construction of "world-class" structures, praising the speedy completion of his pet ski resort project.