Turkmenistan, a Central Asian dictatorship, rivals North Korea with its bizarre rules. Journalists uncovered a nation where ...

North Korean defectors underscored that human rights weren’t an abstract ideal but the ability to speak, make choices and ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had returned home after carrying out duties in Russia, the North’s KCNA news agency reported on Saturday ...

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.

Criminals are altering social media and other publicly available images of people to use as fake proof of life photos in ...

South Korea’s consumer inflation held steady in November, giving the central bank more reason to stay cautious about monetary easing as authorities remain wary that a persistent property market rally ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In the more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, North Korea has emerged as a significant ally for Moscow. By first providing ...

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SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - North and South Korea are in a "very dangerous situation" where an accidental clash is possible any time and it was crucial for Seoul to engage Pyongyang in dialogue, South ...

SEOUL – After months of negotiations, South Korea and the US released their long-delayed joint fact sheet Friday, detailing trade and security agreements and alleviating some uncertainties about ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea proposed talks with North Korea to clarify the rivals' border line and ease military tensions, saying Monday that North Korean soldiers' repeated border intrusions ...