LOOKING BACK: The international arms talks have made little headway since a 2005 accord.

North Korea's new-clear step forward

Reports say N Korea may agree to freeze one of its key N facilities and give international inspectors limited access.

N Korea meet S Korea in soccer QF

North and South Korea marched behind a united flag at the opening ceremonies of the Doha Asian Games last week.

The country is in the final stages of revising an indecency law that prohibits people from wearing revealing outfits.

The US said it had detected a 5.8 quake off the coast off northern Japan, triggering fears of another N-test.

Foreign policy experts say developments in Korean Peninsula might end up complicating India's nuke relations with US

Bush hopes the North Korea government would agree to verifiably abandon its weapons programmes.