South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected several ballistic missile launches from North Korea’s capital region around 7:50 a.m. It said the missiles flew about 560 miles and that South Korea and U.S. authorities were analyzing details of the launches.

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea.

About 20 North Korean soldiers crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last weekend, prompting South Korea to fire warning shots until they retreated, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The North Korean troops crossed the border on ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailed troops fighting in an “alien land” in a New Year message to soldiers, state media reported Thursday, in which

Relations with Beijing will also improve considerably. North Korea will seek normalisation of trade relations and economic assistance from China, while China will attempt to manage conflict escalation on the Korean Peninsula. Both China and Russia are likely to show a more tolerant attitude towards North Korea’s nuclear weapons status.

SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea's military said. The military took the custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border, South ...

Thirty-one North Korean commandos slipped past American and South Korean sentries on Jan. 17, 1968, cutting through the DMZ fence on a mission to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung-hee. Four days later, disguised as South Korean soldiers and ...

South ‌Korean ​President Lee ‌Jae Myung arrived in Beijing ​on Sunday to start a four-day ‍state visit to China, ​Chinese state news broadcaster ​CCTV ⁠reported. More than 200 South Korean business leaders are accompanying Lee,