North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote jobs for foreign tech firms, a new report finds.

New multilateral report details how Pyongyang’s hackers launder billions in stolen crypto. Proceeds used to fund nuclear and other programmes.

North Korean defectors urged the international community to step up pressure on Pyongyang over human rights abuses as a major conference on the issue opened in downtown Seoul on Wednesday.

Donald Trump describes North Korea as "sort of a nuclear power" ahead of his Asia trip and potential meeting with Kim Jong Un.

North Korea exploits cryptocurrency and overseas IT workers to evade U.N. sanctions while funding its weapons programs, reports reveal.

North Korea successfully tested a "new cutting-edge weapons system" involving hypersonic missiles, state-run media reported Thursday, amid heightened regional tensions.

North Korea test-fired two hypersonic missiles on Wednesday, prompting protests from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which described the tests as unlawful and destabilizing. State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday reported North Korea’s Missile Administration launched two hypersonic missiles from Ryokpho District,

The report came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North firing multiple missiles from an area south of the capital, Pyongyang.

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a week before a key Asia-Pacific leaders' meeting in South Korea.

US President Trump is expected in South Korea on Wednesday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's unification minister on Friday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to meet the leader of North Korea during his forthcoming visit to Asia, urging the two men to seize a rare chance for peace, Yonhap news agency reported.