North Korea raises tensions with missile launch into Sea of Japan
US’s worsening relations with Russia and China may have emboldened Pyongyang, experts say
North Korea wants sanctions eased to restart US nuclear talks – South Korea
Country wants ban on metal exports, and refined fuel and luxury imports, lifted
South Korea bids to boost low birth rate as population falls for first time
Latest incentives include a ‘congratulatory allowance’ for pregnant women
Joe Biden thanks Pope Francis for his ‘blessings’ in call with pontiff
US president-elect speaks to more world leaders despite Trump’s refusal to concede
Biden picks White House staff as Trump refuses to accept result
President-elect picks Rob Klain as chief of staff and speaks to several foreign leaders
US allies express hope for fresh start after four years of Trump
World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in presidential election
World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins new phase in France
Facility means fusion takes step towards generating clean energy source at scale
Seoul mayor Park Won-soon found dead after being reported missing
Mayor was reportedly subject of criminal investigation into sexual assault allegations
Coronavirus: China faces increasing pressure over handling of outbreak
Spain reports lowest daily death toll in weeks as South Korea records only eight new cases
Coronavirus: China denies allegations pandemic began in lab near Wuhan
‘No fast track back to normal’, says WHO director as global cases pass 2 million
Coronavirus: ‘Italy’s darkest hour,’ says PM as north locked down
Conte says ‘massive shock therapy’ to fight outbreak as riots erupt in dozens of prisons
Coronavirus: Almost 60 new cases recorded in Italy as two die
Two Irish citizens reportedly among group repatriated to UK on Saturday
Donald Trump offers to meet Kim Jong Un at Korean DMZ
North Korea says US president’s offer is a ‘very interesting suggestion’
Police arrest captain of cruise ship involved in Danube deaths
Master of vessel involved in collision taken into custody after seven dead and 21 missing
Asia and Europe send strong message to Donald Trump
Brussels summit champions global co-operation in face of US protectionism
Military parade marks 70th anniversary of North Korean regime
Trump praises Kim for event’s focus on growth and lack of nuclear weapons
North Korea returns remains of US troops killed in Korean War
White House hails repatriation as a significant step in Korean peace process
Top North Korean official heads to US for talks
Kim Yong-chol’s visit is further sign that planned Trump-Kim summit will go ahead
US warns Iran could face ‘strongest sanctions in history’
US secretary of state’s speech seen as advocating Tehran regime change
Date and location for meeting North Korea’s Kim are set – Trump
US president hints at progress in winning the release of three Americans held in North
Kim Jong-un to cross border for landmark Korea summit
Details emerge for meeting where peace treaty and denuclearisation to be discussed
North Korea suspends nuclear missile tests to pursue peace
Pyongyang reveals plans to close its nuclear test site ahead of landmark Korean summit
China and North Korea hail close friendship after Kim visit confirmed
North Korean pledges to denuclearise at meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping
South Korea-US military exercises to resume in April
Drills to resume despite diplomatic push, including planned Trump-Kim meeting
Trump-North Korea meeting a gamble as intentions unclear
No US president has held a face-to-face meeting with the North Korean leadership
North Korea willing to start direct talks with US, says South Korea
Announcement comes as controversial general mobbed at Winter Olympics
Kim Jong-un hails ‘warm climate’ between two Koreas
North Korean leader gives instructions for more inter-Korean engagement, says media
Fire at South Korean hospital with no sprinklers kills 37
Witnesses describe chaos in city of Miryang in country’s deadliest fire in a decade
Pentagon chief says US goal in North Korea is diplomacy, not war
James Mattis says North Korean nuclear weapons ‘threaten others with catastrophe’
North Korea threat set to top agenda of UN general assembly
Rex Tillerson says US will use military force against rogue state if diplomatic efforts fail
Latest missile provocation by North Korea not unexpected
Range of 3,700km is proof that Kim Jong-un regime could target Guam if it chooses
Paul Mason: For Trump breaking the nuclear taboo has always been thinkable
But doing so would teach China and Russia that it is morally and practically acceptable
North Korea: US patience 'not unlimited', UN told
Further sanctions urged after regime claims to have tested hydrogen bomb
US ambassador to UN says North Korea ‘begging for war’
North Korea preparing for further missile launch
‘Please get out because we want peace, not war’
South Koreans close to anti-missile defence site oppose militarisation and fear for health
South Korean and US security officials talk about managing tensions
North Korea says it will have ballistic missile plan for Guam ‘within days’
North Korea fires ballistic missile that lands in Japanese waters
National security meeting called in response by South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in
Trump slams CNN after renewing attack on media
US president says ‘fake media trying to silence us’ during speech at veterans’ event
Japan protests after North Korea launches latest missile
South Korea says Scud-type ballistic missile flew 450 km into sea east off North’s coast
North Korea says new missile can carry large nuclear warhead
Putin says Russia is against expanding club of nuclear states, including Korean Peninsula
Anti-missile system exposes tension between US and South Korea
Thaad system became election issue, with President Moon expressing reservations
Europe shares dip and dollar down on Comey sacking
But, measures of stock market volatility at lowest level since 2006
South Korea removes president after corruption scandal
Park Geun-hye is the country’s first democratically elected leader to be ousted
North Korea fires volley of missiles into sea after UN sanctions
The latest round of sanctions on Pyongyang are seen as the toughest to date
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