North Korea has named a new army vice marshal, state media said Tuesday, a day after it announced the communist country's army chief had been relieved of all his posts.

"Hyon Yong-Chol was awarded th

The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce 'a massive amount' of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said on Monday.

The instructio

North Korea's much-touted satellite launch ended in a nearly $1 billion failure, bringing humiliation to the country's new young leader and condemnation from a host of nations.

The United Nations Se

North Korea on Saturday threatened to stage a 'sacred war' over US-South Korean annual joint military exercises next week, denouncing the drill as a 'silent declaration of war'.

The North's National

The body of late North Korean 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il is to be embalmed and put on display at a palace in the capital Pyongyang, state media said.

North Korean state news agency KCNA said memorial

North Koreans who did not mourn the death of 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il can face at least six months in prison, a South Korean media outlet said on Wednesday.

And those who took part in the often hyst

The passing of North Korean strongman Kim Jong-il has been marked by plunging temperatures, mourning bears and now, according to North Korean state media, by flocks of magpies.

Kim, who died in Decem

North Korea called on its people to rally behind new leader Kim Jong-un and protect him as 'human shields' while working to solve the 'burning issue' of food shortages by upholding the policies of his

The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il has secretly visited Pyongyang to pay his last respects. Kim Jong-Nam's absence from a state funeral and other official events related to his fa

The defense chiefs of South Korea and the US said the power succession in North Korea following the death of its leader Kim Jong-il has been stable so far.

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin