North Korea may have put fake versions of a new missile on display at a major military parade this year, UN sanctions experts said in a report.

And the allegedly mock-up missiles are not the only par

North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, in a very rare and embarrassing public admission of failure by the hermit state and a blow for its new young leader who faces

North Korea said on Wednesday it was injecting fuel into a long-range rocket 'as we speak' ahead of a launch condemned by its neighbors and the West.

The launch is set to take place between Thursday

North Korea on Wednesday readied a historic party conference to bolster its young new leader as the US demanded the country call off a planned rocket launch in favour of a 'better future'.

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