North Korea

The most significant joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea have been held in the past five years coincide with Pyongyang's most recent tests.

The hostility between Japan and South Korea dates back to the former's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula a century ago.

The unnamed agent risks being executed by North Korea's firing squad for reading about the dictator from within Bureau 10.

Kim Jong-un's daughter is reportedly enjoying a lavish life with multiple hobbies as the country's citizens continue to suffer from the escalating food crises.

The isolated, nuclear-armed nation -- which is under multiple sets of sanctions over its weapons programmes -- has long struggled to feed itself.

Parents of children found watching Hollywood films will be sent to prison camps for six months, whereas the children face a harsher term.

The United States and South Korea held a joint air exercise involving U.S.

North Korea confirmed on Sunday that it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul.

North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military drills.

This is the first non-military event attended by Kim Jong-un's daughter, who is believed to be around 10, and it also marks her sixth known public appearance.

North Koreans are reportedly being asked to change the names of their daughters if they have the same names as Kim Jong-Un's daughter, Ju-ae.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un directed his military to strengthen war preparations.

The actions and potential implications of several countries, including Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran indicates that change is occurring in these countries and their actions have the potential to affect the global order. The US has the power and capability to assist and influence events in these countries, but should do so in a way that avoids being perceived as meddling. The US should work to deter expansionist behavior by China in the Indo-Pacific region and to calm tensions with North Korea.

North Korea executed two high school students for reportedly watching and distributing South Korean dramas among their friends.

The North Korean government has reportedly asked parents to give their children patriotic names such as "bomb,"  "gun," and "satellite."

The launches come a day after Pyongyang fired more than 20 missiles, including one that landed near South Korea's territorial waters.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of launches by the nuclear-armed country amid heightened tensions.

Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operations in northern Japan.

South Korea on Thursday offered to hold talks with North Korea on reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties.

North Korea is "always welcome" at the negotiating table even though the threat of further provocation may be looming, Japan's nuclear envoy, Takehiro Funakoshi, said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting with his U.S.

North Korea says UN human rights expert is 'US puppet'

Pope Francis asks North Korea to invite him to visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to thank and praise military medics for spearheading the country's fight against the coronavirus in the capital Pyongyang, state media said on Friday.

North Korea fired two cruise missiles from the west coast town of Onchon early on Wednesday, a South Korean military source said.

North Korea is on the path to "finally defuse" a crisis stemming from its first acknowledged outbreak of COVID-19, the state news agency said on Monday, while Asian neighbours battle a fresh wave of infections driven by Omicron subvariants.

South Korea vows probe of 2019 North Korean repatriations

South Korea's ruling party members and rights activists are calling on the government to reopen a 2019 case of the repatriation of two North Korea fishermen, blaming the previous government of trying to curry favour with Pyongyang.

South Korea and the United States staged a joint air power demonstration on Tuesday during a visit by U.S.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has accused officials of "slackness and immaturity," in dealing with the country's first officially confirmed COVID-19 outbreak.

At least six people who showed fever symptoms died, with one of those case confirmed to have contracted the Omicron variant of the virus