Kim Jong Il

The annual US-South Korean Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise is reported to have practiced capturing Kim Jong-il.

A rare visit by a North Korean official to Cambodia raises the faint prospect of more engagement with Southeast Asia. But ties with Phnom Penh are complicated.

Concern about US security guarantees has prompted debate in South Korea over the possibility of redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons – or building some themselves.

There are plenty of things that frustrate China about North Korean behaviour. But don’t expect Beijing to cast it aside.

The Conference on Disarmament has done little to tackle the global nuclear threat. But North Korea as its president?

South Korean politicians are discussing the possibility of redeploying tactical nuclear weapons. Could it happen?

Relations between the US and South Korea have been steadily warming. The problem is, it could push North Korea into even worse behaviour.

The United States has been occupied and a unified Korea is a superpower. It’s just a game. But how do the Kims see it?

Western media likes to suggest growing tension between North Korea and China. The truth is more complicated.

The hundreds of North Koreans escaping into China each year are facing ever tougher border controls. Those caught face imprisonment and torture.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been in China for the past week. Did he get everything he wanted?

A UN report suggests strong links between Pyongyang and Iran over ballistic missiles. And with China.