North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the country’s biggest political conferences meant to lay out new state priorities.

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People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death. Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world's most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say. The ...

The prairie grass of North Dakota can look like it's waving hello, but even the geese just fly right over. North Dakota is not only one of the least-visited states, it's also one of the last on a tourist's bucket list. And yet, poor, left-out North Dakota ...

North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology Kim Jong Un toured ...

A chronology of key events: 1945 - After World War II, Japanese occupation of Korea ends with Soviet troops occupying the north, and US troops the south. The Korean War killed at least 2.5 m, pitting the Chinese-backed North against the South, supported ...

Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed they discovered the North Pole. AGIP / Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York On September 7, 1909, readers of the New York Times awakened to a stunning front-page headline: "Peary Discovers the ...

Magnetic north has never sat still. In the last hundred years or so, the direction in which our compasses steadfastly point has lumbered ever northward, driven by Earth's churning liquid outer core some 1,800 miles beneath the surface. Yet in recent years ...

— Elijah Mahi had 17 points and Brenton Knapper scored the final three points to help Santa Clara rally for a 63-60 victory over North Texas on Wednesday night. — Xavier Edmonds scored 16 points, David Punch recorded a double-double and TCU beat North ...

North Market is set to temporarily close in February, narrowing the already-limited grocery options in north Minneapolis. It’s slated to reopen later next year with a new format.