And yet: some observers wonder whether a society as patriarchal as North Korea’s could accept a female leader. Under Mr Kim, several women have gained big jobs. The second-most powerful person in the ...

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Pyongyang has also welcomed the new year. Kim Jong-un delivered a short speech of 1,812 characters at a New Year’s celebration event combined with consoling Ukrainian dispatched soldiers and their ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended New Year's celebrations in Pyongyang on Wednesday. North Korea's official state media ...

Decorations celebrating the New Year adorned the North Korean capital on Thursday. North Korea strictly controls religion, so seasonal holidays are presented as neutral, unless they are domestic ...

Pyongyang was slow in issuing a relatively tempered statement, but also turned a missile launch event into a tool for deterrence signaling. U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a press ...

Russian forces have started withdrawing from positions in northeast Syria still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Associated Press journalists visited a base near Qamishli airpor ...

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ushered in 2026 by hailing an “invincible alliance” with Russia and saluting his troops deployed to Russian battlefields—invoking a partnership that has fueled ...

A new study finds just nine women directors helmed top-grossing films at the domestic box office in 2025. According to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report, out of 111 directors who helmed ...

SEOUL, Jan 1 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended New Year's celebrations in Pyongyang that included fireworks, patriotic songs and dances and a taekwondo demonstration, state media ...

SEOUL—At a Monday meeting in Beijing, South Korea’s leader broached with Xi Jinping one of China’s most striking foreign-policy pivots in recent memory: North Korea’s denuclearization. Xi and South ...