China Construction Bank has stopped doing business with two North Korean banks, the Chosun Ilbo daily reported May 9, citing diplomatic sources in Beijing.

North Korea has taken two Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from their position on the country's east coast, unnamed U.S. officials said May 6, Reuters reported.

Kenneth Bae, an American detained for nearly six months in North Korea, has been sentenced to 15 years of "compulsory labor" for unspecified crimes against the state, Pyongyang announced May 1, AP reported.

South Korea has formally offered to hold talks with North Korea about suspended operations at their joint Kaesong industrial zone, Al Jazeera reported April 25.

North Korea has moved two mobile missile launchers for short-range Scud missiles to South Hamgyeong province on the country's eastern coast, an unnamed South Korean military source said, Reuters reported April 21, citing Yonhap news agency.

North Korea might be willing to talk with the United States about arms reduction but will never discuss denuclearization, Yonhap reported April 20, citing government newspaper Rodong Sinmun.