North Korea Nuclear Programme

Japan urges China to play bigger role in restraining North Korea's nuclear and missile development programmes

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's top security adviser has urged China to play a bigger role in restraining North Korea's nuclear and missile development programmes, Japan's foreign ministry said in a statement.

'Intolerable provocation': North Korea's rocket launch sparks widespread condemnation

North Korea, which calls its launches part of a peaceful space program, said it had successfully put a new Earth observation satellite, the Kwangmyongsong 4, or Shining Star 4, into orbit.

North Korea should give up nuclear weapons, demands South Korea

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday urged North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme.