North Korea state media photos showed a largely completed nuclear-powered submarine hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea's push to acquire the technology

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the country’s biggest political conferences meant to lay out new state priorities.

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People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death. Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world's most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say. The ...

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The FBI is offering $7 million to catch Sim Hyon Sop, whose job U.S. officials say is vital to Kim Jong Un’s regime.