Out of the nearly 200 countries in the world, Estonia ranks number two in adult literacy (after Latvia) with its rate of 99.8 percent (North Korea claims a 100% literacy ... a supporting character in ...

North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US. State media on Saturday ...

SEOUL, South Korea — At least 15 people were injured in South Korea on Thursday after fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during a live-fire joint exercise with U.S ...

South Korea’s spy agency says North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties The FBI has ...

The case of two North Korean fishermen, who murdered 16 compatriots before they sought asylum, has become a political minefield in the South. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul In 2019 ...

South Korean fighter jets accidentally bombed homes during a live-fire drill with US forces, injuring more than two dozen people on Thursday, Seoul’s military said. Eight MK-82 general-purpose ...

Former North Korean soldiers spoke with ABC News about their military service. SEOUL -- A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang's soldiers have been captured ...

South Korean officials on Saturday temporarily restricted Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek’s app from being downloaded from app stores in the country pending an assessment of how the Chinese company ...

The United States, Japan and South Korea renewed their "resolute" pledge to seek the "complete denuclearization" of North Korea, according to a joint statement from the three allies released Saturday.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision ...

SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, criticised the Trump administration for stepping up "provocations" and said it justified the ...

North Korea appears to have dispatched fresh troops to reinforce Russian forces struggling on the Ukrainian front lines, South Korea’s spy network disclosed Wednesday. It remains unclear exactly ...