Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have sat down for formal talks in Beijing, a day after the pair and Russia's Vladimir Putin put on an unprecedented show of unity against the West at a massive military parade.
Xi and Kim began (...)
The old-fashioned train has become a symbol of Kim's dynasty and his secluded nation. It has also long been the subject of intrigue, carrying generations of the Kim family across the country and on rare international trips.
North Korean state media (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un examined a "newly inaugurated" missile production line on Sunday before a planned trip to Beijing to witness a massive military parade alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During Sunday's inspection, Kim (...)
US President Donald Trump is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he told his South Korean counterpart during a meeting on Monday where they discussed peace in the Korean Peninsula and Pyongyang's nuclear weapon capabilities.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test launch of two new air defense missiles, state media reported Saturday, as tensions escalated on the Korean Peninsula following a border incident and ongoing U.S.–South Korean military drills.
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A Chinese national in California has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shipping firearms and ammunition to North Korea.
North Korean officials paid Shenghua Wen around $2 million (€1.7 million) to ship two containers of weapons and other (...)
North Korea has ridiculed South Korea's attempts to restart dialogue, while denying that it has removed propaganda loudspeakers from the border as Seoul has suggested.
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claimed on Thursday (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and war efforts against Ukraine, both countries' state media said Wednesday.
The phone call comes as Putin gets set to meet with (...)
South Korea has started to remove propaganda loudspeakers along its border with North Korea in an effort to reduce tensions, Seoul's military said.
The South's ministry clarified that the move marked a "practical measure aimed at easing tensions", (...)
Russia and North Korea have jointly blamed increased Western military activity for the escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, according to a statement released Sunday by the Russian Foreign Ministry following a high-level visit to North (...)
A North Korean defector is filing civil and criminal charges against the country's leader Kim Jong Un for abuses she faced while detained in the country.
Choi Min-kyung fled the North to China in 1997 but was forcibly repatriated in 2008. She said (...)
South Korea has repatriated six North Koreans who accidentally drifted into South Korean waters earlier this year. All six had consistently expressed their desire to go back, Seoul's Ministry of Unification said.
Two of the North Koreans had veered (...)
North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.
Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to (...)
Russia launched a barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles on Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, killing at least 15 people in its deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital in almost a year.
At least 124 people were injured, with 68 of them transported (...)
North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports.
The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to the warship's (...)
South Korea's military says it has suspended its loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the border to North Korea, as part of a bid to "restore trust" between both countries.
The move comes a week after the country elected its new president Lee (...)
North Korea has launched a warship two weeks after it was damaged during an earlier launch attempt, in an incident that drew harsh criticism from the country's leader Kim Jong Un.
The 5,000-ton destroyer, which was restored to balance earlier this (...)
South Korea's new president Lee Jae-myung has promised to recommence talks with North Korea with the aim of securing peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Lee, who was sworn in early on Wednesday following his victory in a snap election, outlined key (...)
Russia has lost almost 1 million troops in its ongoing all-out war against Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Monday, after Russian forces suffered another 1,000 casualties in the past 24 hours.
Kyiv does not specify (...)
There are now more North Korean defectors working in the South's public sector than ever before, Seoul has said.
By the end of 2024, 211 North Korean defectors held jobs in the public sector, 17 more than the previous year, the Ministry of (...)
North Korea acknowledged for the first time on Monday that it sent troops to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un had sent the troops to Russia under the mutual defense treaty, the Central Military Commission (...)
North Korea on Sunday condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision to ease domestic regulations on arms exports, accusing Washington of deliberately fueling global conflicts for profit and geopolitical influence.
In a statement carried by (...)
New satellite images show what could be North Korea's biggest warship ever – possibly more than double the size of anything in leader Kim Jong Un's naval fleet.
Images taken by independent satellite providers Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs on (...)
South Korea's military fired warning shots at a group of North Korean soldiers who crossed the border on Tuesday, according to Seoul government officials.
It has been almost a year since the last report of troops from North Korea violating the (...)
North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to the streets of the reclusive country's capital.
The marathon, which was launched in 1981, took place annually in April (...)
