Japanese police arrest a South Korean man suspected of bombing Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine.

The US has imposed new sanctions on North Korea over its alleged weapons proliferation activities.

Officials from North and South Korea are meeting for rare talks aimed at improving long-strained ties, after a military standoff in August.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea this week, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

Several countries have used a United Nations forum to criticise Australia's asylum seeker policies.

South Korea's navy fire shots at a North Korean boat that strayed into its waters, the Yonhap news agency reports.

Hundreds of South Koreans travelling to the North for a rare reunion with family members whom they were separated from by the Korean War.

North Korea is to hold what is expected to be one of its biggest celebrations, marking the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party.

The planned hanging of a paraplegic prisoner in Pakistan has been delayed, his lawyer says.

North Korea says its main nuclear facility, Yongbyon complex, is now in "full operation".

North and South Korea agree to hold rare reunions for families separated by the Korean War.

South Korea halts its propaganda broadcasts into North Korea as part of a deal to defuse tension.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un orders his frontline troops to be on a war footing after an exchange of fire with the South across their heavily fortified border.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some of his palaces.

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.