Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle, while ...

A STARVING North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop a sausage when ordered to surrender by Ukrainian forces. Earlier this month President Zelensky confirmed that two North Korean ...

A surrendering North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop his sausage at gunpoint, according to the Ukrainian paratroopers who captured him. A detailed video account, published by ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Denuclearization of North Korea is a prerequisite for global stability, South Korea said Tuesday after President Donald Trump described the reclusive regime as a “nuclear ...

The country said North Korea can “never be recognized as a nuclear-armed state,” NBC News reported. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean ...

SUMY REGION, Ukraine — “Resistance is futile.” “Surrender.” “You’re all surrounded.” The phrases, printed in Korean with rough Russian transliterations on a weathered piece of ...

You can get in touch with Maya by emailing m.mehrara@newsweek.com. Russia's entire North Korean contingent in Kursk could be wiped out by mid-April, as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ...

If North Korea's current casualty rate holds, it would take three more months for Pyongyang to lose all of its estimated 12,000 troops deployed to fight Ukraine, per an estimate by researchers ...

All of North Korea's troops in Kursk could get wiped out by April, given current losses, a think tank said. Analysts cited casualty reports from Ukraine and South Korea, estimating 92 losses per day ...

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate ...