North Korea will not abandon its nuclear weapons. This is not a matter of opinion, but a strategic fact rooted in decades of ...

North Korea's former navy chief and a shipyard manager were scrubbed from official photos over their role in May's botched ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to North Korea in the latest sign of the countries’ deepening ties during ...

The North Korean troops arrived in Russia at a moment when Moscow, like Kyiv, is searching for ways to backfill its military ranks in the face of eye-watering casualty counts.

But what gets overlooked, former North Korean soldiers and other military experts argue, is how ready to die many of these troops are—and how eager they might be to escape grim conditions back home.

South Korea sent six North Koreans back across their sea border, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May. It came after months of failed efforts to contact North Korea ...

With 1.2 million troops, North Korea's military ranks among the largest standing armies globally. But its post-Korean War foreign engagements have been limited, leaving them inexperienced with ...

The presence of North Korean troops in Russia has introduced a wild card into the two-and-a-half-year conflict. Russia is desperate for additional manpower, and this is one element of Russia’s effort ...

South Korea's military said troops aired warning broadcasts and fired warning shots after approximately 10 North Korean soldiers crossed the military demarcation line in the demilitarized zone.

Korean People's Army soldiers take part in a mass rally in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 9, 2018. Kyiv's GUR military intelligence service said it had detected North Korean troops in Kursk.

Far from their homes in one of the world’s most isolated and secretive states, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the center of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line. By Michael Schwirtz and Julian E ...