North Korea

Kim Jong-un seeks to strengthen ties with Beijing and Russia while maintaining coronavirus-era controls

Ukraine says the ‘Boiko Towers’ were retaken from Russian control ‘in a unique operation’

South Korea expresses scepticism over capability of remodelled Soviet-era vessel that was unveiled on Wednesday

With Vladimir Putin preparing to host Kim Jong-un, White House says North Korea supplying arms to Russia would be ‘huge mistake’

US warns Pyongyang will ‘pay a price’ for arming Moscow in Ukraine conflict

Kim Jong-un holds the whip hand in negotiations and will extract a high price if he supplies Vladimir Putin with weapons

Nuclear-armed country planning a fleet of satellites to monitor moves by US and South Korean troops

International Criminal Court-accredited Franco-Swiss lawyer is advocating for dead civilians, children full of shrapnel and people who lost hands and feet

North Korean leader has also calls for expansion of weapons production capacity and military drills

City gathered to remember second World War bombing, which killed 140,000 people

Comments come as US and South Korea prepare for combined military exercises aimed at coping with threat from Pyongyang

Secretive state still unresponsive to US efforts to reach out via diplomatic channels, says state department

Ukrainian defence ministry suggested the arms were captured from Russians

The veteran writer has panoramic range on societal issues and a compassionate touch with more intimate human stories

A pre-booked guided tour gave Private Travis King the chance to cross one of the world’s most tightly guarded frontiers

United States believes soldier is in custody in the North and may be used for anti-US propaganda

Man now believed to be in custody of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Test condemned by Japanese and South Korean leaders attending Nato summit

Pyongyang had threatened retaliation against what it said were recent US spy plane incursions

Pyongyang intensifies rhetoric in advance of South Korean president’s attendance at Nato summit

Sung-Yoon Lee examines the rise of Kim Yo-jong, potential successor to Kim Jong-un

As I look at a funfair – an incongruous sight in the DMZ – we can hear explosions

Country vows to conduct a second launch after rocket crashes off Korean Peninsula’s western coast

Missile launched from near Pyongyang, prompting Japan to issue evacuation notice for Hokkaido island

Analysts say isolated country trying to show off its increasingly diverse nuclear threats to Washington and Seoul

Seoul condemns recent ballistic missile launches by North as ‘clear violation’ of UN security council resolution

Claim comes after country launched intercontinental missile in response to ongoing US-South Korea military drills

North Korea fires long-range missile hours before Yoon Suk Yeol becomes first South Korean president to visit Japan in 12 years

‘Strategic’ typically used to describe weapons that have a nuclear capability

ICBM launch prompts US to hold joint air exercises with South Korea and Japan

Launch comes a day after North threatened ‘unprecedentedly’ strong action against rivals

Japanese people are having fewer children but, in the face of the climate crisis, should larger families be encouraged?

Bio-threats, nuclear proliferation and climate crisis also mean humanity is closer to annihilation

Prime minister Fumio Kishida also pledges to reverse the country’s low birth rate

Border crossing sparks criticism over South Korea’s air defences at time of increasing nuclear threats

President Yoon says incident involving isolated neighbour showed lack of preparedness and training on part of armed forces

South’s Korea Football Association considering raising complaint after brutal match