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.
The U.S.-drafted U.N. resolution would extend a ban on ballistic missile launches to include cruise missiles or "any other delivery system capable of delivering nuclear weapons."
Pictures showed at least four of the missiles with black-and-white cones being driven past flag-waving crowds
The run-up to the congress saw the entire country mobilised in an 80-day drive to boost the economy, featuring extra-long work hours and additional duties for many.
South Korean media said it was the first time since 1995 that a North Korean leader has sent a New Year card to the country's citizens.
