North Korea's young ruler has a singular mission, experts say, preserve the family dynasty. And in that context, Kim Jong Un's sabre-rattling and his invitation to have Dennis Rodman visit the isolated country all makes sense.
Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has promoted his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, to the rank of general. The move added to speculation that Kim Jong-un will take over for his ailing father in the future.
The answer to today's Geo quiz is North Korea, where there are reports that the North Korean soccer team is being punished by the government for losing all its matches at this summer's World Cup. The BBC's John Sudworth has the story.
An international investigation has concluded that there's overwhelming evidence that a North Korean torpedo sunk a South Korean warship in March. We hear more from the BBC's John Sudworth on the incident.
Could you live without the internet for a whole week? Two families in South Korea, the 'most wired' nation in the world, do just that as part of the BBC's 'Superpower' season, which is looking at how the internet has changed the world.
The North Koreans have launched what they say is a 'communications satellite' into orbit. The BBC's John Sudworth and Brian Myers of Dongseo University join The Takeaway to discuss the implications of this launch.
Tensions are rising in Seoul and Pyongyang, that have been building since North Korea started to prepare to launch a satellite. Some countries say they're concerned that the launch will be a long-range missile test.
U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill spent three days of talks in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. He was there to try to break the deadlock in the faltering negotiations aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its atomic weapons program.