North Korea's new leader gave his first public speech on Sunday since taking power, portraying himself as a strong military chief unafraid of foreign powers as the army showed off what appeared to be

North Korea says a fierce snowstorm paused and the sky began glowing red above sacred Mount Paektu just minutes before leader Kim Jong Il’s death.

State media say the ice on volcanic Lake Chon at the

North Korea announced the death of supreme leader Kim Jong Il and urged its people to rally behind his young son and heir-apparent on Monday, while the world watched warily for signs of instability in

North Korea on Monday hailed Kim Jong-Il's young son as a 'great successor' at the helm of the isolated country after the leader who built an atomic arsenal and presided over a devastating famine died