A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border ...

Since last year, North Korea has further reinforced its side of the border with anti-tank barriers and other fortifications, ...

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone​ on Sunday, South Korea's ...

Crossing the inter-Korean “demilitarized zone”—ironically the most militarized zone on Earth—is extraordinarily dangerous on foot, but some North Korean conscripts attempt it anyway.

If confirmed, the soldier would join tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled poverty and repression in North Korea since the peninsula was split by war in the 1950s. Last year, 236 North ...

SEOUL, Sept 26 (Reuters) - South Korea fired warning shots on Friday at a North Korean commercial vessel that crossed the maritime border in disputed waters off the Korean peninsula's west coast, and ...

South Korea said its military fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean merchant vessel that crossed over the disputed western maritime boundary separating the uneasy neighbors in the Yellow ...

North Korea’s strict and often brutal legal system has ensnared numerous Americans over the years. What may seem like minor infractions in other countries (stealing a poster, crossing a river, or ...