Earlier this week, images circulated online suggesting North Korea may be close to completing the construction of a domestic guided-missile frigate (FFG). Satellite images taken by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs on April 6 revealed the still-under- …
North Korea sought the UNESCO designation for Mount Paektu in 2019, but it got delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) An active North Korean stratovolcano along the border of North Korea and China has been designated a …
Kim Shin-jo, a North Korean soldier who tried to assassinate the South Korean president and who later became a pastor, died on April 9 at a nursing hospital in Seoul. He was 82. Kim was the only member captured in South Korea from a North Korean commando …
SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. civilian aviation agency has dismissed North Korea's request to investigate its claim of South Korean drones infiltrating Pyongyang's airspace last year, a Seoul official said Thursday. Earlier this year, North …
Share North Korean government has blasted the United States (US) for deploying a B-1B strategic bomber in a recent joint military drill with South Korea. The Country’s Defence Ministry in a statement issued on Wednesday described the move as an “Open …
Thu 17 Apr 2025 | 11:03 AM One of the gravest human rights violations taking place in North Korea is the practice of forced abortions. North Korean women, in search of a better life, cross the border into China. However, if caught and repatriated, they …
North Korea has overhauled its standards and selection criteria for security officers working overseas after allegations of abuse came to light involving recently repatriated agent Choi Sung Chol, who reportedly mistreated laborers dispatched to Russia. …
ANN/THE KOREA HERALD – A joint government survey in South Korea revealed that the extent of forest damage caused by the recent wildfires in North Gyeongsang Province is almost twice the size of earlier estimates, highlighting the severity of the …
A total of 38 North Korean refugees arrived in South Korea in the first quarter of 2025, according to government figures released Thursday, with more than half of the new arrivals in their 20s and 30s. Seoul’s unification ministry said the defectors who …
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