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

Yonhap news agency had earlier reported that the North Korean soldier had defected to the South after making it across the ...

The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ Xi tells N. Korea's Kim that China is ready to strengthen strategic cooperation on int'l issues SEOUL -- Chinese ...

North Korea's state-run television has broadcast footage of a military parade held on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of ...

The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found.

As two typhoons hammered North Korea within a week of each other, state media broadcasts looked unusually reminiscent of international TV coverage, with correspondents standing knee-deep in ...

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Generative A.I. has lowered barriers for sophisticated cyberattacks as hackers exploit ChatGPT and other tools to forge ...

The founder of the Seoul-based Free North Korea Radio was pronounced dead at a Seoul hospital on Friday, years after fighting a lung cancer ...

Likely in her early teens and bearing a close resemblance to her mother, the daughter of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un is increasingly viewed as the country's likely next ruler. The girl, believed to ...