Thus far, however, he has said comparatively little about the growing strength of the Kim regime in North Korea, leading some analysts to suggest the administration is neglecting one of the most critical security issues in Asia.

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.

TOKYO: North Korea and China have agreed to resume passenger train services between Pyongyang and Beijing as early as next month after a five-year hiatus, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a report by Japanese broadcaster NHK on Saturday (July 12).

North Korea currently supplies Russia with up to 40% of ammunition used in special operations. This was stated in an interview with Bloomberg by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov*.

North Korea is expected to shun a regional security forum hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Malaysia this week, in what would mark, if confirmed, its first absence from the multilateral gathering in 25 years.

A senior South Korean military official has confirmed for the first time that a South Korean drone infiltrated North Korean airspace and conducted a surveillance operation over Pyongyang in October last year.

North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons. This is not a matter of opinion, but a strategic fact rooted in decades of historical precedent, failed diplomacy and shifting global dynamics.

The carry-on luggage of North Korean diplomats departing from Pyongyang International Airport for Russia has become a topic of public conversation.