US Army Private Travis King arrived back on United States soil Thursday after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, a Defense Department official said.
King flew in on a US military flight, landing at Kelly (...)
North Korea has decided "to expel" US Army Private Travis King, who crossed into the North from South Korea during a tour of the joint security area in July, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday.
"The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to expel (...)
South Korea showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Tuesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its rain-soaked capital during the first event of its kind in a decade.
The parade, held to mark the 75th Armed (...)
South Korea President Yoon Suk-Yeol said that if Russia helps the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) enhance its weapons programs "the deal will be a direct provocation" and Seoul and its allies "will not stand idly by".
In his address to the UN (...)
South Korea has passed a new law to better protect schoolteachers from complaining parents.
Teachers nationwide have been protesting for nine weeks, demanding more rights in the classroom.
They say they are frequently harassed by parents who (...)
South Korean police have arrested two people and questioned more than a dozen American soldiers on suspicion of smuggling and distributing synthetic cannabis after raiding two US army bases.
The raids, which took place in May, were reported by the (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continued his days-long trip to Russia Friday, visiting an aircraft plant in the eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, according to Russian state media, after the two sides said military cooperation was a (...)
North Korea's Kim Jong Un is continuing his highly scrutinized visit to Russia, following talks with Vladimir Putin over a suspected arms deal.
The pair met on Wednesday at the Vostochny space center after Kim arrived in his private armored (...)
Ukraine has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter-offensive, the top-ranking US military officer said.
Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg program, Gen. Mark Milley said colder conditions (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken part in a ceremony to reveal what Pyongyang says is its first submarine capable of launching nuclear weapons.
State media said the sub strengthened the country's nuclear deterrent by "leaps and bounds".
It (...)
On 5 June, Lee Min-so (not her real name) described in her diary the fear that overtook her body as she entered her classroom to teach: "My chest feels too tight. I feel like I'm going to fall somewhere. I don't even know where I am."
On 3 July the (...)
RIYADH — Team Saudi is poised to showcase their sporting prowess at the 19th Asian Games, hosted by Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8. The event is set to witness the participation of over 12,000 male and female athletes representing (...)
Japan has complained to China after local businesses and institutions were inundated with abusive phone calls over the Fukushima plant discharge.
The calls come from numbers with Chinese dialling codes. One restaurant chain in Fukushima reported (...)
Japan has begun its controversial discharge of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, sparking protests in the region and retaliation from Beijing.
China is the biggest buyer of seafood from Japan, and on (...)
North Korea's second attempt to put a spy satellite into space has failed, three months after its first launch crashed into the sea.
The attempt on Thursday morning failed during the third stage of its flight, state media said.
For North Korean (...)
South Korea's first nationwide air-raid drill in six years has met with a tepid public response, even amid a looming satellite launch by the North.
At 2pm local time on Wednesday, vehicles were ordered to pull over and people told to evacuate to air (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday, reviewed the measures taken toward implementing the agreement to resume diplomatic relations with Iran, including having ambassadors from (...)
North Korean state media released images of leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a missile test on Monday, days after its regional rivals held a historic summit, and as US-South Korea joint military exercises kick off nearby.
The Korean Central News Agency (...)
Japan expressed "grave concern" after Chinese and Russian warships sailed close to its southern islands on Thursday, just a day before its leader is expected to discuss rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific at a summit with counterparts from South (...)
The United States and China have achieved what many deemed impossible — a historic meeting between US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol.
Biden is hosting the first stand-alone meeting (...)
A group of people, thought to be North Korean Taekwondo athletes, have crossed the border into China.
They are said to be heading to the Taekwondo world championships in neighboring Kazakhstan.
It marks the first time that Pyongyang has sent a (...)
North Korea has said US soldier Travis King crossed into its territory last month because of "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the army.
The 23-year-old private dashed across the border from South Korea on 18 July while on a guided (...)
South Korea and the US will kick off a major combined military exercise next week to beef up their joint defense, the allies announced Monday, amid evolving prospects of North Korea's new provocations, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The annual Ulchi (...)
A knife darting out in a packed subway car. An assailant, chasing shoppers, stabbing wildly in the street.
These nightmares have played out in the minds of many South Koreans following a mass stabbing attack last week — the country's second in as (...)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country's military leadership and wants his army to "gird for a war," state media reported Thursday.
Gen. Pak Su Il was dismissed as chief of the General Staff and Vice (...)
