Korean PMs meet for first time in 15 years
November 14: The prime ministers of North and South Korea met today for the first time in 15 years, hoping to extend the detente fostered by the second-ever summit of their leaders last month.
North Korea dismantles its nuclear reactor
November 6: North Korea began disabling its nuclear facilities yesterday, marking the biggest step it has ever taken to scale back its atomic programme.
04.10.07: North Korea agrees to deadline on nuclear weapons
25.09.07: North Korea denies Syria nuclear link
US navy helps injured North Korean sailors after pirate attack
November 3: It has taken half a century, but North Korea and the United States have finally found a common enemy: the pirates prowling the waters off the coast of east Africa.
The building guaranteed to make a splash
October 23, Colette Bernhardt: South Korean politician Sim Jae-Duck has splashed out $1.6m (£179,000) on his new 419 square metre home - designed in the shape of a toilet.
Two Koreas make peace and prosperity pact
October 4: North and South Korea agree to press for a peace treaty to end the world's oldest and bloodiest cold war conflict.
04.10.07: A divide fostered by outsiders
04.10.07: Games festival feeds the cult of Kim Jong-il
03.10.07: Two Koreas try to bridge 50-year gap
03.10.07:In the palace of largesse
02.10.07: Korean leaders meet in Pyongyang for summit
02.10.07, video: Korean leaders shake hands at summit
24.08.07: After 46 years, couple hope to meet in North Korea
08.08.07, timeline: Korean relations
Ill health claims are work of 'novelists', says Kim
October 4: North Korean leader dismisses persistent media claims he is suffering from illnesses.
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Inside North Korea Video: Is the world's last cold war conflict nearing an end, asks Jonathan Watts. |
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Inside North Korea September 3: Jonathan Watts visits Kim Jong-il's secretive nation. In pictures |
HSBC finally breaks into South Korea with Ł3bn deal
September 4: Group to take control of its sixth-largest bank.
South Korea 'paid $20m to secure hostages' release'
September 2: The South Korean government paid Afghanistan's Taliban a ransom of more than $20 million (£10m) to secure the release of 19 missionaries held hostage since mid-July.
30.08.07: Taliban release 12 hostages
In for the long haul
October 5, leader: Bringing peace back to the Korean peninsula will be a long-haul effort to which successive governments in Washington, Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo must remain committed.
Hope rises in east Asia
September 3, Jonathan Watts: There have been so many false dawns and broken promises in the past, but could North Korea finally be coming in from the cold?
09.09.07, leader: Sun continues to shine
Red Cross issues $5.5m appeal for flood victims
August 21: North Korea's worst flooding in more than 30 years threatens to turn into a health disaster as survivors fall prey to waterborne diseases, the Red Cross warned today.
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United by rail In pictures: The first cross-border train between North and South Korea since 1950. |
Kim Jong-il celebrates his 65th birthday
February 16: North Korea celebrated leader Kim Jong-il's birthday today with the expected mix of public marches, lavish personal praise and fierce anti-US rhetoric.
16.02.07, quiz: Happy birthday Mr Kim
16.02.07, slideshow: The 'Dear Leader's' life in pictures
North Korea and nuclear weapons
1991-2007 The two major periods of international crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear programmes.
North Korea detonates 'nuclear' device
Audio: Jonathan Watts, the Guardian's Asia correspondent, says North Korea's nuclear test will have stark consequences for the balance of power in the region. (5mins 41s)
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Ready for war
Jonathan Watts reports from North Korea for Channel 4 News.
How the Korean peninsular divided
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World apart waits uneasily for the unknown dawn
July 8 1994: On this day Kim Il-sung, the North Korean leader, died, although it would be several days before the news reached the West. This is how the Guardian reported the event.
01.09.98: North Korea fires missile over Japan
23.08.93: N Korean defector tells of food riots
23.01.68: US demands release of seized ship
18.08.53: Question of Soviet Status and India's rights
