North Korea may dispatch more troops to Russia despite casualties, South Korea’s National Intelligence told lawmakers during a briefing Thursday. Ukraine's intelligence services released new ...

Russia and North Korea have not commented on Ukraine’s claim some 30 North Korean troops have been killed or injured. Here are the key developments on the 1,027th day of Russia’s full-scale ...

Eight days after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law, North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency called the December 3 declaration “an insane act” that ...

The United States hit North Korea and Russia on Monday with new sanctions targeting Pyongyang's financial and military support to Moscow as well as its ballistic missile program. The sanctions ...

Sending troops to fight against Ukraine has gotten North Korea much-needed cash and diplomatic leverage. But there may be hidden costs, too. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Kim Jong-un ...

North Korea tests mid-range missile as Blinken visits Seoul Asia Pacificcategory· ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae attended New Year's celebrations including fireworks ...

23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of ...

South Korea's spy agency said Friday it was analyzing rare state media footage showing the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with two children -- saying they could be hers.

Despite this declaration, China-North Korea relations have significantly cooled this year. Kim's growing ties with Russia represent a deliberate effort to reduce North Korea's dependency on China ...

North Korea has unveiled a new destroyer equipped with an advanced missile system that will become the largest warship in its growing navy. State media released images of Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...