North Korea

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of the United States and Japan discussed concerns Tuesday over North Korea's military alignment with Russia and joint efforts to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific and beyond during a meeting in Washingto...

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media on Wednesday briefly carried reports on the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, marking its first news reports since he was elected last year. The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper c...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the U.N. underscored the need Tuesday for America to "lead with strength and moral clarity" to address security challenges from North Korea, China, Russia, Iran and ot...

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Returning U.S. President Donald Trump's reference to North Korea as a "nuclear power" might be aimed at paving the way for resuming talks between Washington and Pyongyang, experts said Tuesday. During a press availability at ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday held brief video-linked talks with American troops stationed in South Korea and asked them how North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been doing, as he attended a formal inaugural ball in ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday described North Korea as a "nuclear power" and anticipated that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will be "happy" to see his return to the White House. During a press availability at t...

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- One of the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine this month has claimed that he arrived in Russia without knowing whom he would be fighting, according to another video of his interrogation released by Ukrainian President...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday described North Korea as a "nuclear power" and said that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "got along very well." Trump made the remarks during a press availability as he return...

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's powerful sister issued a rare statement on her country's stance on a summit meeting with Belarus on Monday, marking her first media remarks in about two months. Kim Yo-jong, vice department d...

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has encouraged and expressed gratitude to troops deployed to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine, in what appeared to be his New Year's message sent to them, according to a news report. ...

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday denounced Japan's recent opening of a new diplomatic mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), accusing the country of dangerously escalating the military tension in the region. The North...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Under his America First leitmotif, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump appears poised to bring a shift in the United States' approach to the alliance with South Korea, North Korea's unabated nuclear threats, trade and othe...

Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with MoscowThe news was sensational. It travelled quickly among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. “I heard from a friend of a friend,” one officer, Vitalii Ovcharenko, recalled. “This was […]

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week. ------------ U.S. sanctions 2 individuals, 4 entities to target N.K. IT worker network

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week. ------------ (LEAD) Choi says S. Korea seeks dialogue with N. Korea but will take firm steps if necessary

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this week. ----------

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ Travel agency announces reopening of tourism to N. Korea's Rason for foreigners

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has reopened tourism in the special economic zone of its northeastern border city Rason to foreign tourists, the website of a China-based travel agency showed Friday. "North Korea has reopened tourism in Rason, it...

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea warned Friday it will "more intensively" exercise the right to self-defense, denouncing South Korea, the United States and Japan for staging combined air drills, involving U.S. B-1B bombers. The North's foreign mi...

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media on Friday published reports about impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention as part of an investigation into his botched imposition of martial law, two days after he was taken into cust...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy to the United Nations said Thursday that North Korean troops are being dissipated as "expendables" in Russia's war against Ukraine and treated as a "cynical" means of sustaining the North Korean regi...

In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for themGood morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the front are hard to discern, a video released by Ukraine on Sunday is a rare point of focus: it featured […]

Neither Russia nor North Korea has claimed the soldiers as their own yet, while South Korea could accept them as defectorsThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said he is ready to hand over two North Korean soldiers captured by Kyiv in exchange for the return of prisoners of war held in Russia. But the future of the two injured men, who have […]

Ukrainian president says there ‘should be no doubt left’ that Russia is dependent on military assistance from North Korea. What we know on day 1,055See all our Ukraine coverageUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he was ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to Pyongyang in exchange for the return of Ukrainian prisoners of […]

Kyiv keen to emphasise that Ukraine is fighting an unprecedented coalition of malign autocratic states Ukraine’s capture of two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield has provided a rare glimpse into their role and Pyongyang’s participation in the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.The two soldiers were taken prisoner in Kursk […]

Pair being interrogated in Kyiv, with intelligence agency SBU saying one had fake Russian military ID; Russia claims control of village near Pokrovsk. What we know on day 1,054See all our Ukraine coverageUkraine said it was interrogating two North Korean soldiers after capturing the pair in Russia’s Kursk region – the first time it has announced the […]

Diplomatic and military ties with Moscow making Pyongyang ‘more capable of waging war’, official saysNorth Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang “more capable of waging war against its neighbours” a senior US official has warned.Russia has forged closer diplomatic and […]

Raphael Rashid and Haeryun Kang chart the turmoil that has engulfed the country over the past month, from a declaration of martial law to two impeachments and the worst domestic aviation disaster in its historyDecember was a month like no other for South Korea.As the journalist and film-maker Haeryun Kang explains, she was in her pyjamas and ready to go to […]

Russia’s defence ministry claims capture of Kurakhove, a Ukrainian logistics hub which Russian forces have been advancing toward for months. What we know on Day 1,049See all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...

Under Donald Trump, the US may become an unreliable ally. The case is getting stronger for Seoul to build its own deterrentSo-called frozen conflicts can suddenly turn hot without warning. Look at Ukraine, Syria or Armenia-Azerbaijan. Might Korea be next? For almost three-quarters of a century, an armistice – not a peace treaty – has prevented old foes […]