While no specific figures for previous elite defections to the South were given, an unnamed official told local media that the rise in such escapes was likely triggered by the…
Those found to fall foul of the rules could face up to six months of hard labour or ideological re-education in prison. The offending hairstyle will also be cut.
Referring to the latest forecasts of above-average precipitation between August and October, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation released an analysis on Aug. 12 saying that…
The Ulchi Freedom Shield this year is set to take place from Aug. 19 to 29, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command on…
The worrisome problem is that South Korean authorities are trying to minimise the scale and depth of the latest security breaches rather than taking steps to fix the apparent…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to bring victims of recent heavy downpours to the capital city of Pyongyang to take care of them without outside help, state media said…
Kim lauded Moscow's gesture as "heartfelt sympathy from the closest friends," while he remained silent on Seoul's outreach and vehemently criticized the South Korean media's…
Inter-Korea relations as of now are as icy as they have been in recent years.
The last time South Korea extended flood relief aid to North Korea was in 2012, but North Korea rejected the offer. The most recent acceptance of such aid by North Korea occurred…
The ASEAN Regional Forum is known as the only multilateral meeting in which North Korea participates.