North Korean state media has confirmed that its new leader Kim Jong-un is married and named his wife as Ri Sol-ju.

North Korea on Monday proposed dialogue with South Korea, less than two months after launching a deadly bombardment of a border island.

It built its economy on ships, steel and semi-conductors, but now South Korea is pushing a new growth engine.

North Korea on Thursday test-fired three short-range missiles, fuelling tension sparked by its nuclear stand-off with the UN.

Dozens of women chat cheerfully in their classroom during a recess period. It could be any classroom except for the tight security outside.

North Korea unveiled a new economic blueprint this week that sets the impoverished Stalinist state the target of becoming a high-technology powerhouse within two decades.…