Pyongyang will likely open room for a summit meeting with Washington while excluding dialogue opportunities with Seoul.

Historically, North Korea has focused primarily on developing land-based military strength. However, several factors are driving Pyongyang to enhance its naval power. In this photo provided by the ...

If accepted, the help could lead to the first official dialogue in years between the two Koreas, which have recently been sending each other trash balloons and propaganda. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting ...

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The mood music is building to a crescendo. This week Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s dictator, spoke to his rubber-stamp parliament about his “fond memories” of meeting Donald Trump, with whom he held ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Few people understand what may be going through the minds of North Korean soldiers fighting and dying for Russia in the war against Ukraine. But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, ...

Mr. Hennigan writes about national security, foreign policy and conflict for the Opinion section. One day after 14 American 30,000-pound bombs thundered down on Iran, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry ...

The harrowing, riveting documentary Beyond Utopia, captures what life is like for refugees after escaping North Korea. What happens to the family you left behind? How hard is it to adjust to life in a ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Editor’s Note: On July 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed the indictment of Sue Mi Terry on charges of ...

Since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, North Korea’s government has largely sealed its border with China and imposed overbroad, excessive, and unnecessary quarantines and restrictions on freedom of ...

People who have escaped from North Korea since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic have described severe repression and restrictions on economic activity. North Korean escapees’ accounts illustrate the ...