US aircraft carrier joins 3-way naval drill with South Korea, Japan
The two-day exercise is part of a multi-year trilateral exercise plan established by the leaders of the three countries in a combined effort to counter underwater as well as…
North Korea
China extends hands to both Koreas in diplomatic dance
China has swiftly advanced its diplomatic agenda on the peninsula by agreeing to hold a long-stalled trilateral summit involving South Korea and Japan, while also dispatching its…
Why does PM Kishida still want to meet Kim Jong-un?
According to experts, PM Kishida's persistent attempts to arrange a meeting with Kim, despite Pyongyang's firm stance, are primarily aimed at bolstering the Japanese prime…
North Korean kids face death penalty for distributing K-dramas: Seoul envoy
South Korean Ambassador to the UN Hwang Joon-kook said North Korean children are facing a humanitarian crisis as the country's leadership spends its resources on nuclear and…
Veto shows harms of North Korea-Russia alignment: South Korean Ambassador to US
Russia exercised its veto power on March 28 to block the yearly extension of the panel of experts responsible for monitoring the enforcement of UN Security Council resolutions on…
North Korea claims successful launch of new IRBM tipped with hypersonic warhead
The latest launch came about three months after North Korea test-fired an intermediate-range hypersonic missile on Jan 14.
North Korea fires ballistic missile into East Sea: South Korean military
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a missile presumed to be intermediate-range class fired from the Pyongyang region at 6:53 am but did not provide further…
Unification Ministry nurtures hope for detainees in North Korea
At the heart of the campaign is the distribution of symbolic badges adorned with three forget-me-not flowers, which symbolizes the "right to not be forgotten" for abductees,…
North Korea trying to woo Japan with leaders’ summit, but Kishida faces difficult choices
Tokyo must accept Pyongyang’s weapons programme and treat its abductions of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s as a resolved issue for such a summit to be held, according…
North Korea going for short-range missiles a ‘Japan-conscious move’: Former Seoul defence official
Shin Beom-chul, who until recently served as the deputy national defense minister, said that North Korea was “likely trying to put on a show of force while at the same time…