Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee in 1968 failed ...

Latest North Korean Ship Can Carry Dozens of Missiles, Analysts Say By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) - North Korea's new class of warship can accommodate dozens of vertical launch cells to carry ...

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North Korean citizens using fake or stolen identities are funneling their salaries to Kim Jong Un.

Pictures from state media showed North Korean runner Pak Kum Dong was the first to cross the finish line. The marathon was one of a series of events organised to celebrate the birthday on 15 April ...

This picture taken on March 15, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS on March 16, 2025, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the ...

You can get in touch with Micah by emailing m.mccartney@newsweek.com. A North Korean ship believed to have been smuggling coal sank in February after colliding with a Chinese vessel, South Korean ...

But when the group mistakenly believed a passing ship to be a South Korean fishing boat and cried out for help, they were intercepted by a North Korean patrol boat and swiftly arrested.

We called on DPRK to resolve the abductions issue immediately.” The North Korean government has asserted that it will never relinquish its nuclear capabilities and that having such weapons is ...

North Korean state media released first photos of the ship in December, when leader Kim Jong Un conducted an inspection. He later made several more visits to the shipyards, where the country said ...