The handshake that made history. This year alone, North Korea has attempted 17 missile launches. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) maintains a database and analysis of North Korea's ballistic missile testing, along with its. A BBC journalist, Rupert WingfieldHayes, who was expelled from North Korea over his reporting, said he was just relieved to be out, as he returned to his Beijing base on Monday, May 9. BBC correspondent Rupert WingfieldHayes and his team have been expelled from North Korea, the British broadcaster says. The BBC has apologised over a serious failing in the making of a Panorama programme that used a student trip to North Korea as cover for secret filming. The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) conducted a nuclear test on 3 September, the sixth in its history, and carried out numerous medium and longrange missile tests throughout the year. North and South Korean athletes will march together at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony under a unified flag, the South announced Wednesday. All the latest news about North Korea from the BBC. All the latest news about North Korea from the BBC. North Korea's leader also wants a second summit with Donald Trump soon, the. A war with North Korea would probably be a combination of both types of conflict, played out in phases, according to former generals who served in Korea and military specialists. North Koreas Vice Foreign Minister Han SongRyol told the BBC that missiles would be tested on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The North has warned of a nuclear strike against the. Professor Robert Kelly is an associate professor of international relations in the Political Science and Diplomacy Department of Pusan National University in Busan, Korea. North Korea was formed after Japan relinquished its 35year occupation of the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War II. The East Asian nation established its. Panorama journalist John Sweeney goes undercover in North Korea. North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a highly centralized communist country under the leadership of Kim JongUn. His official title is Chairman of the National Defense Commission. The people sitting before Chris Lawrence will one day be running North Korea. It was a freezing cold February morning and Chris's new classroom at the elite Kim Ilsung University in the capital Pyongyang wasn't much warmer than the streets outside. The BBC World Service is to launch regular news programmes for North Korea as part of the biggest expansion of its journalism since the 1940s. Korean is one of 11 new language services included. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) unveiled proposals on Monday to expand its World Service operation, including broadcasting a daily news program in North Korea over shortwave radio. North Korea started aggressively jamming the BBCs new Korean language service on the same day it began, according to a report. The service began broadcasting Tuesday to provide news. South Korea's president isn't the only one who had to be removed from office. A live BBC discussion on the news that the East Asia economic powerhouse. Watch videoA BBC journalist, Rupert WingfieldHayes, who was expelled from North Korea over his reporting, said he was just relieved to be out, as he returned to his Beijing base on Monday, May 9. North Korea is a country that is hidden from view, where we suspect that brutal things are happening, one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet which is threatening nuclear war in the. According to a 2014 BBC World Service poll, 3 of South Koreans viewed North Korea's influence positively, with 91 expressing a negative view, making South Korea, after Japan, the country with the most negative feelings of North Korea in the world. A BBC reporter detained last week in North Korea released his account of the ordeal Friday, describing how he was held for 10 hours before being expelled from the country. North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. The BBC's Rupert WingfieldHayes in Beijing says China's statement is an indication of how strongly it is angered by North Korea's action, although Beijing will still. The North Korean government would see these people as becoming a glorious unified whole during these games. We see them as robots and slaves to a corrupt regime that doesn't care about them. It is like British people visiting and making documentaries. A BBC reporter, a producer and a cameraman have been detained in North Korea and are being expelled from the country, the BBC has said. Rupert WingfieldHayes, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman. THE BBC is coming under fire for putting students at risk by sending an undercover reporter News Corp Australia NetworkApril 15, am The Panorama documentary on North Korea based on the eightday trip in March is set to air. Explaining North Korean Migration to China in the 1990s North Korea in Transition: History, Economics, Politics, Society. Professor Smith is a regular broadcaster for the BBC and other international media on North Korea. Professor Smith is also the proud owner of a North Korean driving license, after passing her driving test in Pyongyang. In the runup to the meeting, a BBC team is in North Korea, travelling with a group of Nobel Prize winners who are there to promote peaceful dialogue. Rupert WingfieldHayes gained rare access to Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, the countrys leading academic institution. KCTV (Korean) KCTV (Korean Central Television) is a state television broadcaster, located in the capital city, Pyongyang. The channel was launched in 1993. Recorded news bulletins of KCTV are made available by SPTV. and the staterun Voice of Korea operates an external broadcast. While western media coverage of North Korea's Kim Jongun is rightly critical, a recent video uploaded to YouTube is making people question the treatment of our own unelected head of state. The video, uploaded to YouTube by John Smith, overlays the commentary of the BBC's Korea correspondent Stephen Evans from a march in Pyongyang onto footage of the annual Trooping of the Colour, which. For decades North Korea has been one of the world's most secretive societies. It is one of the few countries still under nominally communist rule. North Korea's nuclear ambitions have exacerbated. North Korean travel experts have slammed the BBC for putting local guides at risk, saying the country would hold them responsible for the actions of the journalists who posed as LSE students on a. Under the rule of Kim JongUn, North Korea remains among the worlds most repressive countries. The government sharply curtails all basic liberties, including freedom of expression, religion and. A student has told how she was conned by the BBC into believing its journalist was a history professor so he travel to North Korea for a Panorama investigation. The woman crawled back, shut the the door and Kelly, an associate professor of international relations at Pusan National University, again tried to think about North Korea rather than the dangers. The BBC World Service plans to launch a radio service for listeners in North Korea thanks to extra funding received from the British government. The money, some 85 million (US128 million) per year, represents the single biggest increase in the World Service budget ever committed by any. See more of North Korea News on Facebook What we know about nuclear and missile threat. What threat does North Korea's missile and nuclear plans pose, and what forces might respond to conflict. Watch videoA NORTH KOREA sympathiser was skewered on BBC Daily Politics for his support of Kim Jonguns tyrannical regime. North Korea will conduct more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis, a senior official from the country has told BBC News. The BBC is planning a new North Korea service to give the totalitarian states 25 million people an alternative to Kim Jonguns propaganda. In a move that could plunge the corporation into. Watch videoHe told BBCs Panorama: North Korea's Nuclear Trump Card: We have reports back when the Soviet Union collapsed that Soviet and Russian nuclear and rocket scientists were out of jobs, were. Discussion about everything North Korea, one of the most controversial and unusual places on Earth: Join us to discuss its people, political and social issues, crises, controversies, power struggles, quirks, arts, diaspora and propaganda. North Korea marks 70th anniversary of nations founding Five years since the last time the Arirang Mass Games were held, this year's celebrations highlight reunification and improved relations. Professor Robert E Kelly, from the department of political science at South Korea's Pusan National University, was discussing the impeachment of the country's president Park Geunhye on BBC World. Dr Who, Top Gear and Teletubbies have apparently passed the suitability test to be shown on North Koreas tightlycontrolled state TV. After months of negotiation with the BBC, the three shows. South Korea's policy choices on North Korea have been severely limited in the last six months to a year, he continued, as his children cried out from another room. 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