Photographer captures photos of North Koreans' daily life in summertime — and...
With an authoritarian regime that lasted over seven decades, North Korea remains one of the most closed-off countries in the world.It may soon become even more so as the Trump administration prepares...
View ArticleIt looks like North Korea is preparing to launch another missile
US intelligence believes North Korea may be setting up for another missile test, possibly as soon as tomorrow.A US defense official told AFP the latest test could happen as soon as tomorrow, the...
View ArticleThe 2 women accused of poisoning Kim Jong Un's half brother are expected to...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Two women accused of poisoning the estranged half brother of North Korea's ruler in a bizarre airport assassination are expected to plead innocent when they appear in a...
View ArticleTrial for two female suspects in Kim Jong Nam killing set for October 2
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader will begin on October 2, Malaysia's High Court said on Friday.Indonesian Siti...
View ArticleNorth Korea has tested another intercontinental ballistic missile — here's...
North Korea launched another intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday.ICBMs travel in a wide arc and can strike a target thousands of miles away with nuclear weapons.The missiles are similar in...
View ArticleAfter the US had a shot at taking out Kim Jong Un, North Korea changed its...
When North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4, the US reportedly had observed Kim Jong Un for 70 minutes before the missile took off.A US official let that detail slip...
View Article'China will never dance to Trump's tune': China isn't moving as Trump rails...
BEIJING — Finger-pointing over North Korea's flourishing weapons program has pushed the world's two biggest economies toward a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no...
View ArticleHR McMaster: Kim Jong Un 'should not be' sleeping easily at night
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster warned North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un should not be sleeping easily at night and said the evolving situation with the North Koreans constitutes a "grave...
View ArticleNorth Korea says its door remains 'open' for US tourists, despite Trump's ban
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea's doors are still open to US tourists, Pyongyang said Friday, despite Washington banning its citizens from travelling there following the death of a US student who had been...
View ArticleUN moves to cut a third of North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Saturday on a U.S.-drafted resolution that aims to slash by a third North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue over...
View ArticleNorth Korea threatens 'thousands-fold' revenge against the US for crippling...
North Korea has threatened to exact "thousands-fold" revenge on the US for a new round of economic sanctions likely to do serious damage to its economy.In a statement published by state media, the...
View ArticleUS to North Korea: 'Stop these missile tests' and we can talk
Manila (AFP) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday ruled out a quick return to dialogue with North Korea, as he said new UN sanctions showed the world had run out of patience with Pyongyang's...
View ArticleWhy North Korea would be insane to nuke the US
Kim Jong Un, North Korea's supreme leader, may preside over the most propaganda-inundated, oppressed, and ruthless country on earth, but he's not crazy. In fact, under the Kim dynasty, North Korea has...
View ArticleUS intelligence: North Korea can now fit nuclear warheads on missiles and may...
A confidential US intelligence report reviewed by The Washington Post concluded that North Korea had made a breakthrough and could now build nuclear bombs small enough to fit on missiles.The...
View ArticleTrump says North Korea will feel 'fire and fury like the world has never...
President Donald Trump issued an intense warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying it "best not make any more threats to the United States" or it would "be met with fire and fury like the world has...
View ArticleNorth Korea has released an imprisoned Canadian pastor serving a life sentence
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea has released a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence there on humanitarian grounds, the country's official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday."Rim Hyon Su, a Canadian...
View ArticleHow North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became one of the world's scariest dictators
For the past 50 years, the world has grown used to crazy threats from North Korea that don't lead anywhere.But the threats have taken a decidedly sharper and more ominous tone under Kim Jong Un, the...
View ArticleNorth Korea's nuclear posturing could spur the next arms race — which...
North Korea's blatant nuclear posturing and missile tests have evoked an angry response from the US and its neighbors in the Pacific, but as tensions rise it risks spawning an arms race that it would...
View ArticleTrump's advisers were reportedly taken by surprise at his threats to North Korea
When President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that North Korea would be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if it continued its nuclear threats, his advisers were taken by surprise,...
View ArticleHere's why China is the key to avoiding nuclear ‘fire and fury’ in North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un are playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship.North Korea got the world’s attention – and Trump’s – when it successfully launched an...
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