Brisbane, May 13 (ANI): North Korea has replaced its hardline defence chief Kim Kyok Sik with a little-known army general.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): Basketball star Dennis Rodman has said he is going back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): The architect of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme, Abdul Qadeer Khan has said Pyongyang could "no doubt" have perfected a nuclear weapon and long-range missile warheads.

Wellington, May 10 (ANI): South Korea has turned notorious in adding photoshop effects, emulating its northern counterpart in its attempts to photoshop a photo claiming to show South Korean President Park Geun-hye and US President Barack Obama shaking hands.

New York, May 8 (ANI): American basketball star Dennis Rodman has come to the aid of a Korean-American man jailed in North Korea.

Washington, May 8 (ANI): China's biggest foreign exchange bank has halted business with its North Korean counterpart.

Sydney, May 7 (ANI): North Korea has hit the 'provocation pause' button on its aggressive nuclear rhetoric after pressure from China.

London, May 3 (ANI): The United States has urged North Korea for an immediate release of a Korean-American man, who has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for alleged anti-government crimes.

Washington, Apr. 28 (ANI): North Korea has announced that an American detained for nearly six months will be tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.

Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Republican and Democratic lawmakers have proposed to introduce tough sanctions against North Korea amid growing concern over its nuclear programmes.

Tokyo, Apr. 26 (ANI): Japan has declined to back a joint statement against the use of nuclear weapons at a preparatory committee for the next Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review meeting.

Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): America's top military leader has said North Korea is in ever-greater danger of provoking a fight under the leadership of Kim Jong-un.

Washington, Apr. 24 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said he is confident North Korea will not be permitted to start a general conflict.

London, Apr. 24 (ANI): South Korea is trying to establish who sent a letter threat to the defence minister.

Tokyo, Apr. 24 (ANI): Possible radioactive traces from a North Korean nuclear test in February have been detected for the first time in Japan, a monitoring organization has said.

London, Apr 22 (ANI): Late North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-il ate snakes, hippos and spiders, a defector has claimed.

Sydney, Apr. 21 (ANI): North Korea has moved two more missile launchers to its east coast, where preparations are apparently under way for a missile test as tensions simmer on the peninsula.

Pyongyang (North Korea), April 18 (Xinhua-ANI):The National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday listed conditions for resuming talks with Washington and Seoul amid festering tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

New York, Apr 18 (ANI): Former American basketball player Dennis Rodman has announced that he would be traveling to North Korea again this year to "have some fun" with his new friend Kim Jong un.

Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): A popular US gym has suggested that all North Korean leader Kim Jong-un needs is a good jog and great body.

Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): North Korea has warned that it would not give any advance notice before attacking South Korea.

Tokyo, Apr. 15 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea on Monday expressed deep regrets that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had rejected its dialogue offer.

London, Apr. 15 (ANI): North Korea has rejected South Korea's offer to hold talks on the future of the joint Kaesong industrial complex, which the two countries jointly run, amid continued tensions.

Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): The United States and Japan have offered talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programmes.

Seoul, April 15 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea's defense chief said Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is seen ready to launch missiles, but he noted that there are no signs of a full-scale war.