The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly consoled bereaved families, as well as awarding medals to soldiers returning from the force he has sent to aid Russia. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul ...

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Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his political beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to North Korea and be buried ...

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Videos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it’s mimicking the consumerism of the outside world. By Jiawei Wang and Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul North Korea is ...

Just days before Kim Jong Un is due to stand with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to witness a display of China’s military might, North Korea has released a propaganda film praising its troops’ efforts ...

SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needed to rapidly expand its nuclear armament and called U.S.-South Korea military exercises an "obvious expression of their ...

The North Korean leader’s influential sister has dismissed the South’s recent calls for dialogue and urged her country’s diplomats to prepare for “preemptive counteraction,” state media reported ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit China to attend a military parade next week marking the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, state media said, in what is likely to ...

Aug. 24 (UPI) --North Korea has test-fired two missiles newly designed to protect against aerial attacks, overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, state media announced Sunday. The supreme leader oversaw the ...