1:35pm

N Korea steps up rhetoric over sanctions

Army halts routine communication checks with US forces

11:42pm

US urges China to enact N Korea sanctions

UN Security Council resolution restricts cargo movements

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and US players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang ©AP Mar 6, 2013

North Korea mixes Dennis with menace

US basketball star’s visit fits in with Pyongyang’s need

Mar 5, 2013

US and China agree on N Korea sanctions

Measures underline frustration in Beijing with its ally

From COMMENT Feb 27, 2013

China should abandon North Korea

The best way is to take the initiative to facilitate unification with South Korea, says Deng Yuwen

Park Geun-Hye, South Korea's president, salutes during her inauguration ceremony in the National Assembly ©Getty Feb 25, 2013

Park pledges to reward ‘sweat’ of people

S Korean president promises fairer wealth distribution

From COMMENT Feb 19, 2013

North Korea is testing China’s patience

Pyongyang’s nuclear big bang has exposed the flaws in Beijing’s approach, writes Kurt Campbell

From COMMENT Feb 17, 2013

View from N Korea is of a nuclear world

Other violators have got away with it and become impregnable, writes Aidan Foster-Carter

David Pilling from COMMENT Feb 13, 2013

Grand deal with N Korea beats hollow talk

Sanctions have failed to stop the country developing nuclear weapons

A rocket sits on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang in this April 8, 2012 file photo ©Reuters From MULTIMEDIA Feb 12, 2013

North Korea’s missile tests

North Korea has conducted a third nuclear test ignoring pleas from its closest ally and putting it on a fresh collision course with the west over its atomic programme

Feb 12, 2013

Pyongyang raises stakes with third test

N Korea’s defiance puts pressure on China and west

Feb 12, 2013

Pyongyang presents test as self-defence

North Korea puts alliance with China under strain

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 12, 2013

China must halt North Korea’s folly

Xi must draw a line after latest nuclear test

Feb 12, 2013

World condemns N Korea nuclear test

UN Security Council to meet as China criticises Pyongyang

Feb 12, 2013

Q&A: North Korea’s nuclear progress

The World Feb 12, 2013

The World: Nuclear test triggers four questions

From CHINA Feb 12, 2013

China presented with stark test of policy

Nuclear move puts pressure on new leadership

Feb 12, 2013

Timeline: North Korea’s nuclear history

Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs since the 1950s

Jan 30, 2013

South Korea successfully launches satellite

North Korea will view international acceptance of launch as ‘double standards’

Jan 24, 2013

North Korea threatens new nuclear test

Pyongyang says missile programme ‘targeted’ at the US

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