US Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump defended his relationships with North Korea and Russia during a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday, stating that "getting along" with these countries is "a good thing."
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President Joe Biden approved a classified directive in March instructing US forces to prepare for potential "coordinated nuclear confrontations" involving Russia, China, and North Korea, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic.
At least two China-based tour operators have announced that tourists will soon be allowed to visit the mountainous (...)
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which he says needs a "new start".
The 67-year-old LDP veteran is expected to step down as PM after the party elects a new leader (...)
North Korea claims it is sending 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers toward its border with South Korea, in the latest bellicose declaration by leader Kim Jong Un against its neighbor.
Photographs published by the North Korean state (...)
Donald Trump returning to the White House would be "a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity" for North Korea, according to a man in a unique position to know.
Ri Il Kyu is the highest-profile defector to escape North Korea since 2016 and has been face (...)
Record-breaking rain left thousands of people stranded by floods in North Korea over the weekend, prompting leader Kim Jong Un to declare an "emergency", state media reports.
Photographs show submerged farmland and homes after heavy rain hit Sinuiju (...)
Olympic Games organizers issued a public apology for mistakenly introducing South Korea's athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris.
As the South Korean athletes waved their nation's flag on a boat floating down the Seine River on (...)
North Korean hackers are attempting to steal nuclear and military secrets from governments and private companies around the world, the UK, US and South Korea have warned.
They say the group — known by the names Andariel and Onyx Sleet — is targeting (...)
Balloons carrying rubbish sent by North Korea have landed in South Korea's presidential compound in the capital city of Seoul, say officials.
It is the first time the South Korean leader's office, which is a designated no-fly zone, has been hit by (...)
Former North Korean diplomat Tae Yong-ho has been named the new leader of South Korea's presidential advisory council on unification.
This makes him the highest-ranking defector among the thousands who have resettled in the South — and the first to (...)
The boss of cyber-security firm Crowdstrike has admitted it could be "some time" before all systems are back up and running after an update from the company triggered a global IT outage.
Experts are warning that it could take days for big (...)
A prominent expert on North Korea and former CIA analyst has been indicted by a New York grand jury on charges of secretly working for the South Korean government in exchange for designer goods, Michelin star meals and $37,000 for a fund that she (...)
A high-profile North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba has defected to the South, Seoul's spy agency has confirmed to the BBC.
The political counselor is believed to be the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to South Korea since (...)
Nato members have pledged their support for an "irreversible path" to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid.
While a formal timeline for it to join the military alliance was not agreed at a summit in Washington DC, the military (...)
Three employees of subsidiaries of HYBE, the agency behind K-pop superstars BTS, have been charged with insider trading by South Korean prosecutors.
They are being accused of selling shares in the agency before BTS members announced they were taking (...)
North Korea is carrying out a widespread crackdown on everything from wedding dresses to slang as it seeks to counter the South's influence, a new report has revealed.
The report, released by South Korea's Unification Ministry, is based on the (...)
RIYADH — The draw for the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup has placed the Saudi national team in Group C, which has been labeled the "Group of Death", it was revealed at the draw held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
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Takeoffs and landings at South Korea's Incheon International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, according to Reuters news agency.
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South Korea spotted another 350 North Korean balloons "presumed" to be carrying waste on Monday, reigniting a tit-for-tat exchange as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to heighten.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said a suspected balloon (...)
Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making "a big mistake" if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia.
His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea's new pact to help (...)
North Korea is building sections of what appears to be a wall in several places near its border with South Korea, new satellite images reveal.
Images analyzed by BBC Verify also show that land inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) has been cleared, (...)
The leaders of Vietnam and Russia have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
Vietnamese President To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his recent (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi on the second stop of an East Asian tour.
The trip, which comes on the heels of his lavish visit to North Korea, is being interpreted as a demonstration of the diplomatic (...)
Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea pledged to help each other if either nation is attacked, in a "breakthrough" new partnership agreed during the Russian president's rare visit to the reclusive state.
Thousands of North Koreans chanting (...)