Even by the outrageous standards of North Korean propaganda chiefs, it was an unusually vulgar slur, a dramatic escalation in the two-week-long war of words between Pyongyang and Washington.

North Korea has blasted US President Obama as a "monkey" encouraging cinemas to screen a comedy featuring a fictional plot to kill its leader, and threatened "inescapable deadly blows".

North Korea is getting mocked again thanks to a new photo sweeping social media that shows the stoic and stern Kim Jong-un with a full face of make-up.

North Korea experienced one of its worst internet outages for several hours, days after United States President Barack Obama vowed a "proportional" response.

North Korea is suffering internet outages just days after Barack Obama's warning over the Sony hacking.

Whoa, this can't be right. Guys, guys, guys - this isn't the end. It feels like the lights have just come on in the theatre just when I was settling down to my popcorn...

US President Barack Obama has become embroiled in a dispute with the makers of the comedy The Interview over how much the White House knew about North Korea's threats against the film.

This week, as The Interview's December 25 US release date loomed, the Guardians of Peace threatened "the world will be full of fear", hinting at a 9/11-style attack.

Three of North Korea's senior officials travelled to South Korea at the weekend for the first time in five years.

Kim Jong-un is feeling positive about a Yes vote in Scotland and is looking to trade with Scotland if it gains independence, Pyongyang representatives have reportedly said.

In an uncharacteristic step by the North Korean government, officials made a public apology after a building collapse in Pyongyang reportedly killed hundreds of people.

The ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who was thought to have been executed by firing squad last year has appeared back on state television.

Rare pictures of Kim Jong-un as a boy have been shown during a televised concert for the air force in North Korea.

A North Korean official has been executed with a flame-thrower, South Korean media has reported.

Aviation safety authorities have been urged to clamp down on Australia's burgeoning unmanned aerial vehicle market.

A group of 82 elderly, frail South Koreans have left for the North Korean border to attend the first reunion in more than three years for families divided by the Korean War.

Retired US basketball star Dennis Rodman has apologised for comments he made about an imprisoned US missionary in North Korea during a television interview.

The aunt of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and wife of Kim's recently executed uncle has died in mysterious circumstances.

Kim Jong-Un was 'very drunk' when he ordered the execution of a pair of aides close to his executed uncle.

Kim Jong-un’s nephew is reportedly under police protection on a French university campus, amid concerns for the North Korean regime’s stability.

He executed his uncle and one-time girlfriend - but could Kim Jong Un, North Korea's new dictator - have purged even his own wife?

Purges in Communist states have rarely stopped with the execution of one senior party member.

Kim Jon Un's aunty has been appointed to a post in the North Korean Government just days after her husband was executed by firing squad.

North Korea has announced the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor "despicable human scum" and "a traitor for all ages".