News: North Korea

We have started to collect the most important news related to North Korea in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to North Korea – overview

• 1. by date ↓
• 2. by title ↑

• December 6th 2009 – October 10th 2009
• October 9th 2009 – August 21st 2009
• August 20th 2009 – July 16th 2009
• July 16th 2009 – June 12th 2009
• June 11th 2009 – May 25th 2009
• May 25th 2009 – April 14th 2009
• April 13th 2009 – March 19th 2009
• March 19th 2009 – February 16th 2009
• February 16th 2009 – December 6th 2008
• December 1st 2008 – October 12th 2008
• October 12th 2008 – September 3rd 2008
• August 27th 2008 – July 8th 2008
• July 7th 2008 – May 9th 2008
• April 30th 2008 – March 14th 2008
• March 7th 2008 – December 19th 2007
• December 17th 2007 – October 9th 2007
• October 4th 2007 – August 15th 2007
• August 14th 2007 – July 21st 2007
• July 20th 2007 – June 19th 2007
• June 18th 2007 – April 14th 2007
• April 13th 2007 – March 6th 2007
• March 6th 2007 – January 10th 2007
• January 9th 2007 – November 1st 2006
• October 31st 2006 – October 13th 2006
• October 12th 2006 – September 11th 2006
• September 11th 2006 – July 13th 2006
• July 11th 2006 – June 11th 2006
• June 8th 2006 – March 2nd 2006
• March 2nd 2006 – November 17th 2005
• November 17th 2005 – November 11th 2005

North Korea: news

Swedish store pulls 'political' North Korean jeans from sale

Sunday, December 6th 2009, 0:52
related countries: Sweden

A Swedish department store cancels what was to have been North Korea's debut in Western fashion.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Panic buying

Friday, December 4th 2009, 11:38

Surprise currency reform sparks fear in North Korea
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Sweden to sell North Korean jeans

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 11:36
related countries: Sweden

Designer jeans made in North Korea are going on sale in Sweden as the communist states aims to make inroads into Western fashion.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Fatal blast at S Korea institute

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 5:09

One person is killed and five others injured in an explosion at a South Korean defence research institute.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

S Korean racially abused Indian

Friday, November 27th 2009, 5:45
related countries: India

A South Korean man is fined $865 for racially insulting an Indian professor in the first case of its kind in the country.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

China and N Korea in defence bond

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 4:37
related countries: China

A meeting of Chinese and North Korean defence chiefs pledges close ties ahead of new nuclear talks efforts.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Top South Korean model found dead

Friday, November 20th 2009, 7:55
related countries: France
related places: Paris

South Korean model Daul Kim is found dead at her apartment in Paris, amid speculation she took her own life.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Defector's tale

Friday, November 20th 2009, 1:19

A North Korean describes life in the secret state's army
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Obama urges North Korea to change

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 6:30
related countries: South Korea, United States

US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak urge North Korea to return to nuclear talks.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

'US envoy to N Korea' after clash

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 10:46
related countries: United States
related places: Pyongyang, Washington

The US says a naval clash between the two Koreas will not affect Washington's decision to send an envoy to Pyongyang.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Korean naval ships clash at sea

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 16:41
related countries: South Korea

A South Korean warship has exchanged fire with a North Korean naval vessel - and the White House is calling for calm.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

S Korean woman passes driving test exam on 950th attempt

Friday, November 6th 2009, 15:34

A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea 'produces weapons plutonium'

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 10:02

North Korea completes the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium, state media say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea urges US nuclear talks

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 8:19

North Korea has said it is ready for direct talks with the US on its nuclear programme but will "go its own way" if refused.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Defector 'fleeing S Korea charge'

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 4:41

A South Korean pig farmer who defected to North Korea was fleeing an assault charge, South Korean officials say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

S Korea clone scientist convicted

Monday, October 26th 2009, 14:42

A South Korean court convicts disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk of embezzlement over his stem cell research.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

S Korea offers food aid to North

Monday, October 26th 2009, 5:20
related countries: South Korea

South Korea offers a small amount of food aid for the first time in almost two years to impoverished North Korea.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korean and US envoys meet in NY

Saturday, October 24th 2009, 21:19
related countries: United States
related places: New York

A senior North Korean diplomat holds face-to-face talks on denuclearisation with a US counterpart in New York.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea human rights 'abysmal'

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 9:24

A UN envoy criticises the rights situation in North Korea as "abysmal", saying a third of the population was going hungry.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

North Korea gulags 'hold 150,000'

Saturday, October 17th 2009, 14:40

North Korea holds more than 150,000 political prisoners in six prison camps across the country, a South Korean MP says.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

North Korean diplomat to visit US

Saturday, October 17th 2009, 4:07
related countries: United States

A senior North Korean diplomat is to be allowed a rare visit to the US later this month, officials say, with "informal" meetings planned.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

North Korea warns of naval clash

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 11:15
related countries: South Korea

North Korea's navy accuses South Korea of sending warships across their disputed maritime border to stir tensions.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Thousands wed in Korean ceremony

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 9:22
related countries: South Korea

Thousands of couples tie the knot in South Korea in a mass wedding organised by the Unification Church, its biggest in a decade.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Koreas in talks after dam deaths

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 6:11

North and South Korea open talks on preventing floods along a cross-border river, following a deadly dam accident.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

'Nuclear threat' to power grids

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 16:33
related countries: Iran

Scientists warn that Iran and North Korea may develop a bomb that could paralyse western electricity grids.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

N Korea 'test-fires five rockets'

Monday, October 12th 2009, 14:38
related countries: South Korea

North Korea test-fires five short-range missiles off its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Honour for South Korean actress

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 16:41
related countries: France

South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon receives one of France's top art awards at a film festival in her home country.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

Nations urge early N Korea talks

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 5:03
related countries: China, Japan
related places: Beijing

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan call for an early resumption of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.
Read the full article » | View on the map »

December 6th 2009 – October 10th 2009October 9th 2009 – August 21st 2009August 20th 2009 – July 16th 2009July 16th 2009 – June 12th 2009June 11th 2009 – May 25th 2009May 25th 2009 – April 14th 2009April 13th 2009 – March 19th 2009March 19th 2009 – February 16th 2009February 16th 2009 – December 6th 2008December 1st 2008 – October 12th 2008October 12th 2008 – September 3rd 2008August 27th 2008 – July 8th 2008July 7th 2008 – May 9th 2008April 30th 2008 – March 14th 2008March 7th 2008 – December 19th 2007December 17th 2007 – October 9th 2007October 4th 2007 – August 15th 2007August 14th 2007 – July 21st 2007July 20th 2007 – June 19th 2007June 18th 2007 – April 14th 2007April 13th 2007 – March 6th 2007March 6th 2007 – January 10th 2007January 9th 2007 – November 1st 2006October 31st 2006 – October 13th 2006October 12th 2006 – September 11th 2006September 11th 2006 – July 13th 2006July 11th 2006 – June 11th 2006June 8th 2006 – March 2nd 2006March 2nd 2006 – November 17th 2005November 17th 2005 – November 11th 2005