World News (Evening)
17.55 Mon Oct 13 2008
N Korea dismantles nuclear plant - Mexico grenade attack - EU lifts travel ban on Belarus President
Kim Jong-il's health under scrutiny
12.26 Mon Oct 13 2008
South Korea has said pictures released of the North Korean leader may be several months old, raising more questions about his health.
North Korea nuclear deal 'close'
11.24 Fri Oct 10 2008
The US and North Korea are reportedly close to reaching an agreement to save a crumbling nuclear deal.
Monitors banned from N Korea reactor
16.53 Thu Oct 09 2008
North Korea has barred UN nuclear monitors from all the facilities in its Yongbyon atomic complex.
World News (Evening)
16.26 Thu Oct 09 2008
Pakistan conflict deepens - US calls for more NATO troops in Afghanistan - N Korea bars monitors
World News (Evening) for September 24th, 2008
16.09 Wed Sep 24 2008
North Korea nuclear seals removed - Japan gets new PM - Call for tougher gun laws in Finland
North Korean atomic seals 'removed'
11.21 Mon Sep 22 2008
North Korea has asked to remove International Atomic Energy Agency seals and cameras from its main atomic complex.
World News (Evening)
16.57 Wed Sep 10 2008
Big Bang experiment - N Korea denies leader is ill - Russia rules out observers in border regions
Kim Jong-il health reports denied
15.01 Wed Sep 10 2008
Speculation about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is intensifying.
Kim Jong-il a no-show at birthday parade
15.26 Tue Sep 09 2008
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has failed to appear at celebrations marking the reclusive country's 60th birthday.
N Korea 'begins reassembling reactor'
09.57 Wed Sep 03 2008
North Korea has begun reassembling its Yongbyon reactor, according to reports.
N Korea to suspend nuclear disablement
18.13 Tue Aug 26 2008
North Korea has said it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and is to consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor.
'N Korea must honour nuclear pledge'
09.58 Wed Aug 06 2008
US President George W Bush has said North Korea must live up to its promise to end its nuclear weapons programme.
Latest world news
07.33 Wed Aug 06 2008
Free Tibet protesters detained - Clear-up begins after tropical storm - Argentina avalanche rescue
World News (Evening)
16.32 Tue Aug 05 2008
China steps up security following attack - Millions in Africa face famine - Bush in South Korea
N Korea holds 60th anniversary celebrations
15.37 Tue Aug 05 2008
North Korea has begun a series of lavish spectacles to celebrate 60 years since the nation was founded.
World News (Lunchtime)
15.53 Sun Aug 03 2008
Baghdad bomb blast - Tension between North and South Korea - Bolivia festival
North Korea makes threat to South
13.33 Sun Aug 03 2008
North Korea has said it will eject South Koreans from a mountain resort in the communist country following shooting of tourist.
N Korea moves towards nuclear disarmament
16.22 Fri Jun 27 2008
North Korea has destroyed a cooling tower at its main reactor in a move towards nuclear disarmament.
Bush reacts to N Korea nuclear report
13.26 Thu Jun 26 2008
President George W Bush has given a cautious welcome to North Korea's account of its nuclear activities.
World news on April 25, 2008
18.44 Fri Apr 25 2008
China announces Tibet talks - Georgia Protests - UN investigates US nuclear claims
N Korea 'helped Syria build reactor'
07.32 Fri Apr 25 2008
The United States has released photographs of what it said was a Syrian nuclear reactor built with North Korean help
NY makes sweet music with N Korea
23.08 Tue Feb 26 2008
The New York Philharmonic played in Pyongyang, North Korea, in a unique moment of unity.
Koreas seek peace deal to end Cold War
11.31 Thu Oct 04 2007
The leaders of North and South Korea, whose countries are still formally at war, have agreed to try and reach a peace deal.
US-led team to begin disarming N Korea
17.29 Wed Oct 03 2007
The US is set to head an expert group in North Korea within the next two weeks to prepare for the disablement of nuclear facilities.
Korean leaders hold landmark meeting
13.49 Tue Oct 02 2007
The leaders of North and South Korea are meeting for only the second summit between the two states, which are still technically at war.
Nuclear experts tour N Korean reactor
17.42 Wed Sep 12 2007
Nuclear experts and US officials have toured the reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon atomic complex.
Bush offers N Korea possible peace deal
13.26 Fri Sep 07 2007
President George W Bush has said if North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons programme the US will consider a formal peace treaty.
'N Korea removed from US terrorism list'
11.34 Mon Sep 03 2007
North Korea has said that the US has agreed to remove it from its list of countries that support terrorism.
North Korea to 'disable nuclear programme'
18.53 Sun Sep 02 2007
US Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill claims that North Korea will disable its nuclear programme by the end of the year.
South to send flood aid to N Korea
12.17 Fri Aug 17 2007
South Korea is to send £4.75 million worth of aid to North Korea, where floods have left hundreds dead or missing.
'Floods kill hundreds in North Korea'
11.05 Tue Aug 14 2007
North Korea has asked for international help after it reported massive flooding had left hundreds of people dead or missing.
'Voting' begins in North Korea
11.32 Sun Jul 29 2007
The election of deputies to North Korea's 'People's Assemblies' has begun but there will be no surprise results.
UN confirms North Korea shuts reactor
09.41 Mon Jul 16 2007
North Korea has shut its nuclear reactor, UN nuclear inspectors have said.
North Korea to close reactor
19.54 Sat Jul 14 2007
North Korea has told the United States it has shut down its Yongbyon nuclear facilities.
South sends oil to North Korea
11.10 Thu Jul 12 2007
South Korea has sent oil to the North as part of a deal by which the hermit state is to shut its nuclear reactor.
N Korea disarmament mission approved
13.11 Mon Jul 09 2007
The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body has authorised the dispatch of monitors to North Korea.
IAEA tour North Korean reactor
13.33 Fri Jun 29 2007
The head of a UN nuclear watchdog team has said he is "satisfied" after viewing North Korea's nuclear reactor complex.
North Korea 'fires missile'
12.28 Wed Jun 27 2007
North Korea may have fired a short-range missile off its east coast, according to reports.
North Korea 'is ready to shut reactor'
11.13 Fri Jun 22 2007
North Korea is ready to disable its nuclear reactor and live up to disarmament pledges it made, the top US nuclear envoy has said.
IAEA visit to N Korea on hold
12.35 Thu Jun 21 2007
North Korea has put on hold a visit by inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
North Korea to shut nuclear reactor
14.09 Mon Jun 18 2007
North Korea has said it plans to seal its nuclear reactor in the second half of July, according to an unidentified diplomatic source.
North Korea fires missiles
11.34 Fri May 25 2007
North Korea has fired several short-range missiles, South Korea's spy agency has confirmed.
US and N Korea resolve bank row
12.05 Mon Mar 19 2007
The US and North Korea have cleared the way for progress in nuclear talks after resolving a dispute over £25 million in a Macau bank
N Korea nuke talks heat up
10.35 Tue Mar 13 2007
The UN nuclear watchdog head has arrived in North Korea and said he is hopeful progress can be made on closing its atomic facilities.
N Korea's Dear Leader turns 65
09.20 Fri Feb 16 2007
Kim Jong-il, the man North Korea calls its "invincible brilliant commander", has been celebrating his 65th birthday.