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North Korea's highest court sentences a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labour for life for attempting to undermine its social system with "religious activities", China's official news agency reports.
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Disadvantaged communities are getting customised advice on the best plants they can grow themselves for optimal nutrition.
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| UpdatedKim Jong-un claims North Korea has developed a hydrogen bomb — a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb — but outside experts remain sceptical.
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| UpdatedMystery surrounds a fleet of "ghost boats" with headless skeletons or rotting corpses on board that are washing up on Japan's shores.
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Five years after North Korea fired shells on to a South Korean island, Pyongyang vows to retaliate mercilessly should Seoul hold fire drills near the border on the anniversary.
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| UpdatedUN chief Ban Ki-moon has no plans to visit North Korea in the coming days, the United Nations says, dispelling reports that he would meet with the nation's diplomatically reclusive leader Kim Jong-Un.
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| UpdatedUnited Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon plans to visit North Korea this week, South Korean Yonhap news agency has reported, raising hopes for progress in relations between the two Koreas.
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| UpdatedA rare reunion event for North and South Korean families separated since the Korean War wraps up after an emotional meeting.
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South Korea's navy fires warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat near the rivals' disputed maritime border, where sailors on both sides have been killed in past exchanges of fire.
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A second round of emotional family reunions is held for hundreds of relatives separated since the end of the Korean War more than 60 years ago.
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| UpdatedReunification between North and South Korea could happen within the next five to 10 years, a South Korean government-funded think tank says.
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| UpdatedNearly 400 mostly elderly and frail South Koreans are reunited with family members in North Korea, in a tearful meeting more than 60 years after they were separated by the Korean War.
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Whilst Pyongyang is experiencing a period of growth, millions across North Korea still go hungry.
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While North Korea's elite frolic in a new Pyongyang water park, millions of peasants continue to endure grinding poverty and hunger.
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| UpdatedDespite showing off military hardware during its anniversary celebrations, North Korea has a limited capacity to mount a war.
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| UpdatedNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong-un says his country is prepared to fight "any kind of war waged by US imperialists" at a major military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party.
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| UpdatedNorth Korea has released and deported South Korean student Joo Won-moon who was arrested in April for illegal entry, Seoul's Unification Ministry says.
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| UpdatedNorth Korea's use of a lottery system to allow a fraction of the families separated by the Korean War to meet is "extremely cruel", former High Court judge Michael Kirby says.
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| UpdatedTensions between North and South Korea reignited again recently, but were quickly followed by reunion negotiations.
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| UpdatedNorth Korea says it has restarted its nuclear reactor and hints of a missile launch, fuelling speculation it might attempt to fire a long-range rocket to mark a key political anniversary next month.
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| UpdatedOne in every 10 South Korean child has an addiction so now the most wired nation on Earth is sending its plugged in teenagers to digital detox boot camps in an attempt to reboot their childhoods and bring back ambitions gaming and other technology based habits may have suppressed.
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A South Korean man who slashed the US ambassador in the face with a fruit knife has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of attempted murder.
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| UpdatedNorth and South Korea agree to hold a reunion in October for families separated by the Korean War at Mount Kumgang resort, following all-night talks between the two sides.
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