North Korean soldier defects to South Korea across heavily fortified border

It was the first reported defection by a North Korean soldier since a North Korean staff sergeant fled to South Korea via the ...

North Korea ICBMs: What To Know About Kim Jong Un’s Nuclear Weapons

North Korea's unveiling of the Hwasong-20, an alleged nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), has once ...
The Diplomat

Inside the Story of America’s Failure to Disarm North Korea

In this episode of the Diplomat’s Asia geopolitics podcast, hosts Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Katie Putz (@LadyPutz) welcome Joel Wit, a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, to the show to ...

China Floats Closer Ties With North Korea Following Trump Escalation

Tensions with the U.S. have risen after Trump threatened new tariffs in response to Beijing's restrictions on rare earth ...

Will North Korea fly trash balloons into South Korea again? A look at rising tensions between them

South Koreans were alert Friday for possible new launches by North Korea of balloons carrying rubbish into the South, a day after Seoul activists flew their own balloons to scatter political leaflets ...
War on the Rocks

Negotiating with North Korea in the Shadow of Great Power Rivalry

The United States and South Korea have converged on the idea of dialogue with North Korea. But can it work? Will it? North Korea advanced pragmatic and gradual arms reduction proposals to the United ...
UPI

In Korea, OpenAI's Altman makes deals for AI chips, more data centers

Oct. 1 (UPI) --OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signed partnership deals for artificial intelligence with SK Hynix and Samsung during a visit to South Korea Wednesday. The partnerships will allow the two ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Will Begin Using AI Chatbot Conversations to Target Ads

Meta Platforms META0.67%increase; green up pointing triangle will start using people’s conversations with its AI chatbot to help personalize ads and content, offering a glimpse of how the company ...
cryptonews

North Korean Hackers Steal $21M From SBI Crypto, Laundered via Tornado Cash

North Korea’s Lazarus turns SBI Crypto’s $21M into a geopolitical budget line, washing BTC and ETH through Tornado Cash as 2025’s billion‑dollar crypto plunder keeps compounding. Japanese ...
Reuters

North Korea tells UN: We will never give up nuclear program

North Korea vice foreign minister says demands to give up nuclear program tantamount to asking it to surrender sovereignty First official sent from North Korea to address high-level UN General ...
Task & Purpose

Air Force revives WWII-era squadron in South Korea as modern drone force

The Air Force brought a permanent deployment of MQ-9 Reaper drones to South Korea on Monday to serve as a surveillance and reconnaissance unit, and in doing so, revived a World War II-era squadron.
clickondetroit.com

In a rare UN appearance, senior North Korean diplomat insists his country won't give up nukes

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs for North Korea Kim Son Gyong addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters ...