North Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho vowed Saturday to make efforts to ensure the return of South Koreans detained in North Korea amid uncertainty over their fate after years of detention. Kim made the pledge in an end-of-year ga...

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday lambasted a recent trilateral meeting between South Korea, the United States and Japan that discussed peace in the Indo-Pacific region, deriding the talks as an "insult" to peace. The Rodong Sinmun, th...

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's economy expanded by more than 3 percent last year, rebounding from three consecutive years of contraction, data showed Friday, on the back of increased trade with China following the easing of border restrictions i...

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean victims of late July's floods in the country's northern border region have written letters of thanks to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while wrapping up their four-month stay in Pyongyang, the North's state media r...

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean victims of late July's floods in the country's northern border region have written letters of thanks to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while wrapping up their four-month stay in Pyongyang, the North's state media r...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States believes North Korea has suffered "several hundred" troop casualties during combat alongside Russian forces against Ukraine, a Pentagon spokesperson said Thursday, noting that the figure could go up. Pe...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- Hackers linked to North Korea stole more than US$1.3 billion from crypto platforms this year, marking the largest ever annual amount that they have raked in from hacking activities, a report from a blockchain analysis firm ...

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean troops dispatched to Russia for combat against Ukraine have installed more observation posts to detect Ukrainian drones, Ukraine's military intelligence service has said, amid reports of North Korean forces sufferin...

This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage herePoland summoned the chargé d’affaires of Belarus (a diplomat of a lower rank acting in place of an ambassador), Alexei Ponkratiev, on Thursday to protest against what it called “aggressive actions” of the Belarusian KGB spy service towards Polish diplomats accredited in […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The United States believes Russia may be close to accepting North Korea's nuclear weapons program in a reversal of its long-standing commitment to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, its ambassador to the United Nations said...

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday denounced the United States, South Korea and other nations for issuing a joint statement condemning military cooperation between the North and Russia, claiming they were "distorting and slandering" the es...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The United States believes Russia may be close to accepting North Korea's nuclear weapons program in a reversal of its long-standing commitment to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, its ambassador to the United Nations said...

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For Pyongyang, dead soldiers are a price worth paying for the rewards of friendship with Moscow A few years ago, it would have sounded fantastical to suggest that massed North Korean soldiers would fight on a European battlefield – as a Ukrainian commander noted last month. Yet about 10,000 are now thought to be fighting for Moscow, and on Tuesday a US […]

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will make sure it has plans in place to engage with the incoming U.S. administration under President-elect Donald Trump, should stalled nuclear talks with North Korea resume, Seoul's top diplomat said Wednesday. F...

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian soldiers against Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region have been killed or wounded, according to news reports that cited a U.S. military official. Reuters reported Tu...

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a mausoleum for his late father to mark the 13th anniversary of his death, the North's state media reported Wednesday. Kim paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun the previou...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A prominent U.S. expert has expressed his hope for Acting President Han Duck-soo to be a "source of stability" amid South Korea's political turmoil, but warned that absent a fully elected president, Seoul could face a disad...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) is set to hold a briefing later this week to discuss North Korea's deepening military cooperation with Russia, amid growing concerns over North Korean troops' engagement in combat alongside ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for improvement in the reclusive state's human rights record. The adoption by consensus came as...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for improvement in the reclusive state's human rights record. The adoption by consensus came a...

‘All ranks’ among dead and injured in Kursk after Pyongyang sent thousands of soldiers to reinforce Russia’s war effortNorth Korean forces have suffered “several hundred” casualties fighting against Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region, according to a senior US military official.Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s […]

White House says North Koreans are on the ‘front lines’ of Russia’s war after Ukraine’s claim of fatalities among the estimated 12,000 troops sent over by Kim Jong-unNorth Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and the Pentagon.The […]

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s alarming attempt to impose his will could hardly be worse-timed for a key Asian power The South Korean president’s bizarre, appalling and short-lived attempt to impose martial law last week is still wreaking havoc. Police attempted to raid Yoon Suk Yeol’s office on Wednesday as they investigate him for a potential offence […]

State media in neighbouring country that has been ruled by a dictatorial dynasty since 1948 breaks silence to criticise President Yoon’s ‘gangster nation’North Korea has broken its silence over the political turmoil in South Korea, with state media describing, without any apparent hint of irony, how its president had unleashed a “dictatorship on the […]

This blog is closed – you can follow live coverage on our new liveblogThe White House has said it is “closely” monitoring the situation in South Korea.“The administration is in contact with the ROK government and is monitoring the situation closely,” a spokesperson for the national security council said, using the official acronym for the Republic […]

South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol sparked major protests by announcing martial law. He reversed his decision in the face of massive opposition Continue reading...

South Korean president miscalculated by thinking some MPs would back his declaration of martial lawSouth Korea – latest updatesIn attempting to declare martial law, South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sought to awaken ghosts that the rest of the country thought had been laid to rest for good.The last time martial law was declared, in 1980, hundreds […]

South Korea's president has declared martial law in a surprise late-night announcement. Yoon Suk Yeol said the emergency measure was needed to 'defend the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces' and prevent the country from descending into 'national ruin'South Korean president declares martial law over threat from […]