After disavowing communism, the former Pyongyang soldier, toured South Korea giving speeches that were critical of life in the North. He later learnt through North Korean defectors that his ...

While the message remains largely unchanged, experts say Kim’s direct involvement adds a new layer of meaning, reflecting Pyongyang’s intent to emphasize its position more forcefully at a time ...

South Korea and Japan where they reaffirmed their commitment to push for the Pyongyang's denuclearisation. Noting that North Korea's goals for nuclear weapons expansion are enshrined in its ...

Pyongyang has ramped up efforts to further enhance its nuclear and military capabilities since Trump and Kim’s second summit in Hanoi collapsed in 2019.

Urbelis wrote. “Happy day indeed.” Griffith was arrested in November 2019, seven months after returning from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, where he had attended a crypto conference.

Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news ...

SEOUL, April 9 (UPI) --Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday reaffirmed Pyongyang's self-proclaimed status as a nuclear state and slammed U.S. calls ...

Since taking office a second time in January, he has referred to the North as a "nuclear power". Pyongyang has ramped up efforts to further enhance its nuclear and military capabilities since Trump ...

Seoul was on high alert after the Pyongyang soldiers were caught violating the DMZ border line at around 5 p.m. local time, the first known intrusion in nearly a year. The North Korean soldiers ...

Kyiv has said Pyongyang’s troops have been deployed to fight Ukrainian forces in parts of Russia’s western Kursk region, where Ukraine staged a lightning incursion last summer. Mr Zelensky ...

It has been a longstanding policy of Washington and its Asian allies to completely dismantle the North's nuclear programme, but analysts believe Pyongyang has gone beyond the point of agreeing to ...

Earlier this year, Ukraine also captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside the Russians, as part of an official military link-up between Moscow and Pyongyang. “Yet, our troops have not ...