US considers resuming food aid to the country it regards as a rogue state amid fear that many North Koreans face starvation after a harsh winter
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South Korea lights a 100ft Christmas tree on the border to signal its determination not to be bullied by the North in the latest stage of their propaganda war... more
Hundreds of South Koreans are evacuated into bunkers as troops fire hundreds of live artillery shells in an exercise to assert military strength over the North... more
Revelation that China is apparently willing to accept Korean reunification provides a glimmer of hope that one of the world’s most dangerous military stand-offs could end peacefully... more
The world must respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship that has been blamed on North Korea, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says... more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said he is ready to return to multi-national talks on its nuclear weapons programme - amid reports that it was restoring a nuclear complex... more
North Korea said it was closer to a second way of making nuclear weapons - a move analysts saw as a new tactic to put pressure on the international community... more
North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the South by declaring it was no longer bound by the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953... more
Britain's ambassador to North Korea has been accused of "going native" after writing an extraordinary eulogy of life under dictator Kim Jong II... more
The shortlisted artists for Britain's most prestigious and lucrative photography prize, the Deutsche Borse Prize, address issues familiar to millions around the world today.... more
The Photographic Portrait Prize 2006 is a fascinating exhibition that serves as a valuable document of the early 21st century, says Sue Steward.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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