North Korea
Nights' Overseas Reports - Japan
Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, pop. 126,434,964 (est… Audio
UN correspondent on North Korea
And our UN correspondent in New York, Nick Harper has the latest. Audio
Fallout from North Korea nuclear test
The United Nation's Security Council will work on new measures to take, in response to North Korea's fourth nuclear test. Audio
North Korea claims to have tested bomb
International scepticism and condemnation have greeted North Korea's claim, to have successfully carried out an underground hydrogen bomb test. Audio
Kim Jong-un in hydrogen bomb claim
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appeared to suggest his country possesses a hydrogen bomb.
Ghost boats thought to come from North Korea
Flimsy fishing boats carrying corpses are washing up in increasing numbers along Japan's coastline. Audio
A dozen North Korean boats with bodies wash-up in Japan
Flimsy fishing boats carrying corpses are washing up in increasing number along Japans coastline. Audio
North Korean kimchi put forward for UN award
The UN is poised to grant intangible cultural heritage status to the making of North Korean kimchi.
Families reunited after 60 years apart
Hundreds of South Koreans have begun meeting family members in the North in a rare reunion event for families separated by the Korean War.
Feature interview - Yeonmi Park
North Korean defector Yeonmi Park never thought she could tell anyone her story. It's the story of a 13 year old girl who escapes hunger and the brutal dictatorship of Kim Jong Un only to be sold to… Audio
A rare opportunity to meet long lost relatives
Some Korean families divided by war will get a rare opportunity to meet long lost relatives for a final time this week. Audio
Japan
Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Japan's pop. 126,434,964… Audio
North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee
As a child, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country, North Korea, was the best on the planet. It wasn't until the devastating famine of the 1990s that she began to question what she had always been taught… Audio
Talks to defuse tension between South, North Korea continue
Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea have negotiated overnight in emergency talks to try to defuse mounting tension on their border. Audio
Urgent meeting after Korean war threat
Senior officials of North and South Korea are meeting at the village straddling their military border to hold urgent top-level talks, as tensions in the area remain high.
North Korea orders troops on war footing
Kim Jong-un has ordered his frontline troops to be on a war footing, state media says, after an exchange of fire with South Korea.
Kiwi mountaineer documents North Korea
A New Zealand mountaineer's ventured where few have before, capturing his experience in North Korea's mountains on a camera. Audio
Suki Kim: undercover in North Korea
South Korean-born writer who has written an undercover memoir, Without You, There is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite. She will be a guest at Shifting Points of View during the… Audio
North Korea bans Japanese time
Seventy years after the end of Japanese occupation, North Korea is striking back against "wicked Japanese imperialism" by turning back its clocks.
Shorebird Stopover
Keith Woodley from the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre and a couple of other members of the Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists' Trust (PMNT) have just returned from North Korea to search for spots… Audio
