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Kim Jong-Un warns that the 'nuclear button' is always on his desk

The North Korean leader vowed the country would mass-produce nuclear warheads and missiles in a defiant New Year message.

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South Korea offers high-level talks with North in demilitarised zone

The offer comes after Kim Jong-Un said he has a nuclear button on his desk and his country might attend the Winter Olympics in the South.

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North Korea reopens hotline with South Korea in diplomatic breakthrough

South Korea has offered to hold talks with the North on 9 January.

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North Korea will take part in the Winter Olympics in South Korea following talks

Officials from the North and South have held their first official talks in more than two years.

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Hand of friendship: North and South Korea will compete together at the Winter...

They’ll be sending a joint ice hockey team and will march under a “unification flag”.

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North Korea will send 22 athletes to the South for Winter Olympics

They’ll compete in hockey, figure skating, short-track speed skating, cross-country skiing and Alpine skiing.

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South Korea to criminalise suicide pacts

The criminalisation of suicide pacts was among a series of measures approved by the cabinet today.

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12 North Korean hockey players arrive South to form unified Olympic team

Meanwhile, state media in North Korea has called on all Koreans to ‘remove mutual misunderstanding and distrust’.

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Witnesses describe mass panic as dozens killed in huge hospital blaze in...

More than 130 were hurt in the fire, the country’s worst for 15 years.

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Iran's Winter Olympians demand apology after mobile phone controversy

Games organisers had refused to give certain athletes the Galaxy Note 8 devices from sponsor Samsung.

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US warns against falling for North Korea's charm offensive as Kim offers...

South Korean president Moon Jae-in has been invited to Pyongyang.

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North Korean general should be 'hanged in the streets' not going to Olympics,...

Kim Yong Chol is heading to the closing ceremony but is accused of war crimes.

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North Korea's Kim Jong-un plays host to South Korean envoys for historic talks

It is the first time the North Korean leader has met with officials from the South since taking office in 2011.

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North and South to hold inter-Korean summit - only the 3rd of its kind since...

South Korea also claims that Pyongyang said it would consider abandoning nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees.

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Dream debut for 18-year-old supersub as Northern Ireland snatch late victory...

As international debuts go…

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Kim Jong-un was treated to some K-pop during a rare concert in Pyongyang

It was the first concert by South Korean performers in North Korea for more than a decade.

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Disgraced former South Korea president jailed for 24 years for corruption

The trial lasted more than 10 months and highlighted shady links between big business and politics in South Korea.

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South Korean actress kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il dies aged 91

Jong-Il forced Choi Eun-hee to make movies for the North Korean regime.

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North Korean nuclear test site has 'partially collapsed' after massive bomb...

Researchers have said the site is now unusable.

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'No more war' - North and South Korean leaders commit to complete...

Kim was flanked by his sister and close adviser Kim Yo Jong.

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