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North Korea: The strangest place on Earth

Given rare permission as a travel writer to visit North Korea, Carole Cadwalladr gets a (strictly controlled) tour of the notorious state.

Kiwi accused of spying for North Korea

North Korea admits rocket failure

Cost of rocket could have fueled the nation

John Key makes North Korean nuclear plea

Prime Minister John Key has used the memory of the Korean War in which 45 New Zealanders died to...

North Korea: The world's weirdest destination

Getting to North Korea is, in reality, easy and it is certainly the oddest country, but is not for everyone writes Chris Pritchard.

N. Korea to world: 'We won't change'

Rise of Kim Jong Il's young successor

Jared Genser: Two legacies as different as good and evil

Fears over North Korea's nuclear bomb hide a deeper truth, writes Jared Genser.