South Korea accused North Korea of killing a South Korean government official and burning his body.

North Korea is forcing pet owners to give up their dogs, saying the nation is fighting decadence when it really is addressing food shortages.

'I was one of the victims of brainwash education,' Kim Geum-Hyuk said, 'so I had hostility toward America.'

North Korea's news agency said it destroyed the building to force the 'human scum, and those who have sheltered the scum, to pay dearly for their crimes.'

It’s unclear what kind of military action the North would take against the South, although weapons tests are an easy guess.

Experts say the admission signals a larger shift in the way the Kims are portrayed in the hermit kingdom.

South Korean officials demanded an explanation after gunfire coming from North Korea damaged a guard tower, but they received no response.

The GOP senator weighed in on the speculation over the fate of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and said he would not mourn him if he were dead.

'It's entirely possible that Ms. Kim will prove even more tyrannical than her brother or father or grandfather,' said one expert.

It’s unclear what will happen if Kim is sidelined by health problems or dies.