North Korea began a full-scale investigation into an accident that damaged a new warship at its launch ceremony this week, state-run media reported Friday, with investigators vowing that those culpable "can never evade their responsibility for the crime.

South Korea hosts the third-largest number of American troops outside the U.S.—after Japan and Germany—stationed there to help defend Seoul against threats from nuclear-armed North Korea and support regional efforts to counter an increasingly assertive China.

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross

But after just a few short weeks of visits, North Korea has once again closed its borders. What went wrong? In a word: YouTube. Western influencers rattle North Korean image. The

One escaped North Korea only to be sold to a Chinese man for less than US$300. Another was banished to the countryside aged 5.

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North Korea has issued a warning to Japan over its upcoming test-fire of a prototype railgun. The futuristic weapon signals Japan is mulling a preemptive attack on the nuclear-armed country, state media said,

The North Korean military has unveiled a new class of domestically developed air-to-air missile as well as a standoff weapon kit in a live firing exercise witnessed by leader Kim Jong Un. Photos released by state media KCNA show the air-to-air missile and glide bomb kit displayed on the front of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 9.12B.