North Korea

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry said Thursday that there is no sign of North Korea preparing to launch a spy satellite following its failed attempt in May. North Korea earlier vowed to launch three spy satellites this year following...

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confirmed Thursday that North Korean hackers were behind the theft of 58 billion won (US$41.5 million) worth of cryptocurrency in 2019. The National Office of Investigation of the National Police Agency announced ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to reauthorize and update the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act aimed at promoting rights and freedom in the reclusive state. The House endorsed the N...

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and Russia have signed a protocol on expanding cooperation following their committee meeting on economy, science and technology in Pyongyang, the North's state media reported Thursday. The two sides signed the agr...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- A U.N. General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for the U.N. system as a whole to continue to address the North's "grave" situation "in ...

Russian president transfers more than 70 animals from Moscow to Pyongyang amid strengthening ties with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un during Ukraine warRussia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 45 pheasants to a zoo in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.The animals transferred from Moscow Zoo, were “a gift […]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- A U.N. General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, as concerns have persisted over human rights violations in the reclusive state. The Third Com...

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented North Korea with more than 70 animals, including a lion and two bears, in a sign of friendship between the two nations, according to foreign media reports Wednesday. Russia's Nat...

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. -----------------

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean troops deployed to Russia were assessed to have been assigned to Moscow's airborne brigade and marine corps on the ground, with some of the North's soldiers having already entered combat, South Korea's spy agency to...

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean troops deployed to Russia were assessed to have been assigned to Moscow's airborne brigade and marine corps on the ground, with some of the North's soldiers having already entered combat, South Korea's spy agency to...

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- A United Nations working group has concluded that China's repatriation of North Korean defectors last year constitutes an "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" and urged China and North Korea to take steps to address the issue, a d...

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency on Wednesday confirmed North Korea's additional exports of howitzers and multiple rocket launchers to Russia, according to lawmakers. In a briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee, the Nat...

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency on Wednesday confirmed North Korea's additional exports of howitzers and multiple rocket launchers to Russia. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said North Korean troops deployed to Russia i...

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SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency confirmed Wednesday North Korea's additional exports of howitzers and multiple rocket launchers to Russia. The National Intelligence Service also said North Korean troops deployed to Russia in the Ukr...

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SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has held the 11th meeting of the intergovernmental committee on economic cooperation with Russia and discussed a range of issues on mutual cooperation, the North's state media reported Wednesday. Yun Jong-ho, the ...

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected industrial factories under construction and urged their successful completion in 20 regions as planned, the North's state media reported Wednesday. Kim gave a "field guidance" at ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Yonhap) -- The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday that the United States has "not yet" seen North Korea's atmospheric reentry capability, a key technology required for the recalcitrant regime to advance its interconti...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Yonhap) -- The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday that the United States has "not yet" seen North Korea's atmospheric reentry capability, a key technology required for the recalcitrant regime to advance its interconti...

President gives speech to European parliament urging nations to intensify military aid as Russia advancesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country could face 100,000 North Korean troops, as he urged European nations to intensify their military aid in a speech marking 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale […]

Foreign ministry says if Ukraine fires western-supplied missiles, it would ‘represent a radical change in the conflict’The foreign minister of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, has described the decision by the Joe Biden administration that US supplied weapons can be used to strike inside Russia as an “adequate response” to the deployment of North […]

Officials have suggested permission for wider use could be response to North Koreans joining war on Putin’s sideJoe Biden has lifted the ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles to fire into Russian territory by permitting them to be used against Russian and North Korean forces in the Kursk region.The US president will allow Ukraine to use US-made Atacms […]

Tokyo to also discuss growing military links between North Korea and Russia, Japan’s foreign ministry saidJapan’s foreign minister arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss North Korea’s deepening military alliance with Russia, including the deployment of thousands of troops to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Takeshi Iwaya will meet his Ukrainian […]

With Putin’s threats in Ukraine, China’s accelerated weapons programme and the US’s desire for superiority, what will it take for leaders to step back from the brink?Like Toto in The Wizard of Oz, at their 1985 summit in Geneva President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev pulled back the curtain to reveal the truth behind the […]

Kaja Kallas says Ukraine’s victory in war is ‘a priority for us all’, adding that it is also in the US interestChina should face “a higher cost” for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine, the EU’s incoming foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said.The former Estonian prime minister was speaking to MEPs during a three-hour hearing before […]

Seoul’s military says several vessels and dozens of civilian planes disrupted, a week after Pyongyang fired what it called its most powerful solid-fuel ICBM missileNorth Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, Seoul’s military said – an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft in South Korea.The […]

Soldiers holding chunk of enemy territory in Kursk have been learning Korean phrases and are unconcerned by threat from reinforcementsVitalii Ovcharenko, a Ukrainian soldier, has been learning a new language: Korean. “I’ve picked up a few phrases. They are: ‘Hands up, drop your weapon and come to us slowly,’” he said. “Also: ‘Throw off your […]

The entry of North Korean troops risks a dangerous escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It also puts Beijing in a tight spotIn October 1950, barely a year after the Chinese civil war ended, Mao Zedong sent the first Chinese soldiers to fight in the Korean war. Between 180,000 and 400,000 of Chairman Mao’s troops would die in that conflict, including […]