1894 -- Farmers and other working-class people rise up against corrupt bureaucrats in the southwestern area of the Korean Peninsula, triggering the nationwide "Donghak" movement. The Joseon Dynasty ...

North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.

Kim Jong Il. A centenarian, Kim Yong Ju outlived his brother as well as former leader Kim Jong Il, but he live the second half of his life mainly in obscurity, often in a remote part of the ...

When Kim Jong Il died in December 2011, for instance, few outsiders knew it until it was reported by North Korea’s state media two days later. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity ...

Russia’s ambassador to North Korea said that its Asian ally is also hosting Russian children orphaned by its war against ...

In North Korea, entire families serve as hostages — and without family members left behind as leverage, one cannot serve as a ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated US security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to bolster his nuclear weapons program further ...

Dozens of officials in North Korea found taking part in a “group drinking spree” are said to have been purged by a very unimpressed Kim Jong-un ... Kim Joo-il, a North Korean defector now ...

Fashion designer Kim Ri-eul, best known for dressing BTS in traditional Korean outfits, has died at the age of 32.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster ...

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised trilateral military cooperation among the United States, Japan and South Korea for raising tensions in the region and vowed countermeasures ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held in December 2024 in Pyongyang. This image could not be independently verified. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech ...