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Sanctions threaten N Korea aid programmes

NGOs say their banks have stopped fund transfers

May 22, 2013

N Korean envoy visits China amid tensions

Beijing trip by Kim aide follows fresh international sanctions

May 21, 2013

North Korea releases Chinese fishing boat

Boat owner said no ransom was paid

May 20, 2013

N Korea launches two more missiles

Seoul condemns Pyongyang for stoking tension in region

May 19, 2013

N Korea launches short-range missiles

Pyongyang condemns Washington’s ‘war manoeuvres’

May 18, 2013

North Korea fires short-range missiles

Pyongyang’s Scud missiles can hit targets in South

A man rides a tricycle at a customs port in the Chinese border city of Dandong From CHINA May 14, 2013

Cooler China-N Korea ties hit border town

Dandong suffers as Beijing punishes Pyongyang

May 13, 2013

N Korea replaces armed forces minister

Country’s leader Kim Jong-eun said to be cementing position

From CHINA May 13, 2013

China banks rein in support for N Korea

Frustrated Beijing reduces financial lifeline to Pyongyang

From CHINA May 7, 2013

China reduces banking lifeline for N Korea

Bank of China ends business with main forex bank

May 3, 2013

South Korean workers quit Kaesong complex

Departures mark low in last co-operation project with Pyongyang

May 2, 2013

North Korea jails US citizen for 15 years

Kenneth Bae is accused of crimes against the state

Apr 27, 2013

US citizen faces trial in North Korea

State media says Kenneth Bae admits crimes against the state

Apr 26, 2013

Seoul urges workers to leave Kaesong

Recall of last 175 workers ‘unavoidable’, minister says

From COMMENT Apr 23, 2013

China support for North Korea is rational

A united Korea could have a strong economy and nuclear weapons, says Timothy Beardson

Global Insight Apr 21, 2013

Resentment at North Korea turns to alarm

Kim Jong-eun’s defiant stance on nuclear weapons dashes hopes of youthful reform

From UK Apr 19, 2013

Suburbia feels distant Korean tremors

The expatriates in Surrey prosper despite bad news from home

Apr 17, 2013

North Korea rejects US call for talks

Pyongyang accuses US of threatening it with nuclear arms

Apr 16, 2013

N Korea issues ‘ultimatum’ to Seoul

South Koreans burn portraits of the Kim family

Apr 14, 2013

US willing to defend Japan, says Kerry

Secretary of state urges Pyongyang to ‘come to the table’