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Onus is now on North Korea, says Bishop

Given North Korea’s record going back on agreements, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the onus is on the rogue nation to prove this time they’re genuine.

With a handshake, Trump and Kim vow to 'leave the past behind'

UPDATED | US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have signed a “comprehensive” document following a historic summit aimed at the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

A photo distributed by the North Korean government shows leader Kim Jong Un (centre), purportedly at the launch of the Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile. Photo: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

Kim Jong Un says missile test is a Guam prelude

North Korea says it conducted a test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan to counter US and South Korean military drills, and as a first step in military action in the Pacific to “contain” the US territory of Guam.

The dangerous enigma that is Kim Jong-un

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s brinkmanship seems modelled more on Game of Thrones than the gritty hard graft of his predecessors’ politics, writes Adelaide University’s Felix Patrikeeff.