The documentary crew that accompanied Dennis Rodman to North Korea over the winter says it had no idea it would meet the reclusive country's young leader Kim Jong Un until he showed up at a basketball game it was filming. Full story
Top talkers: The Washington Post’s David Ignatius joins the Morning Joe panel to discuss how serious the U.S. should take North Korea’s threats. Ignatius calls the threats “a direct military challenge to the United States.”
A newly disclosed report from the Defense Intelligence Agency says U.S. officials believe with moderate confidence North Korea can make a nuclear bomb small enough to fit on a ballistic missile. However, the Director of National Intelligence is distancing the Obama Administration from the report. P.
North Korea's latest round of nuclear threats has the region and the United States on high alert. Here are five things you need to know about the escalating tensions and why experts believe another missile test is imminent. Full story
Even as North Korea continues to threaten nuclear action, Pyongyang is decorating the streets, preparing to celebrate Kim Jong Un’s first year in power. NBC’s Richard Engel reports.
Secret filming captures N. Korean smugglers sneaking into China to get supplies for their impoverished country, as a refugee tells of the horror of life under Kim Jong Un. ITN's Angus Walker reports.
The anniversary of Kim Jong Un's leadership is celebrated in the streets of Pyongyang while the country continues their threat of war with a ballistic missile launch. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Threats of war from North Korean may be spiking due to an aggressive vice marshall close to leader Kim Jong Un. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., explains why North Korea’s provocations are raising tensions across the region and discusses the role China could have in stopping these threats.
Despite tough UN sanctions and really strong criticism from China, Kim Jong-un is bending to no one, reports NBC's Jim Maceda. John Bussey, WSJ, and Peter Navarro, University of California professor, discuss.
Connecticut’s governor mocks Wayne LaPierre as a “clown at the circus”; Newtown parents speak to “60 Minutes”; John McCain is against a gun control filibuster; SNL’s Kim Jong Un “evolves” on same-sex marriage; and Drunk Uncle and Tyrion Lannister play “Marco!/Rubio!” in today’s “Top Lines.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits with children during his visit at a machine factory run by Huh Chul-yong in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on June 17, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIE
Children perform as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches during his visit at a machine factory run by Huh Chul-yong in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on June 17, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BE
