North Korea is to switch to a new time zone to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two, say state media.

Controversial Slovenian pop group Laibach will be the first foreign band to perform in North Korea, director Morten Traavik has told the BBC.

30 women activists cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea in an attempt to promote peace.

North Korea has abruptly cancelled UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit one day before he was due to arrive.

North Korea's Defence Minister Hyon Yong-chol is executed for showing disloyalty to Kim Jong-un.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un orders the execution of 15 people this year, including several top officials, South Korean intelligence says.

North Korea says it has arrested two South Korean men who it accused of spying for Seoul

North Korea rejects South Korean calls for an apology over the sinking of a warship Cheonan which went down five years ago with the loss of 46 lives

Customs authority seized 170 gold bars weighing 27 kilogrammes from a North Korean diplomat at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

North Korea fires two short-range missiles into the sea as US-South Korea military exercises get under way