North Korea signed a security pact with Russia in June 2024. The treaty is a rehash of an earlier agreement signed in 1961. While this pact is unlikely to change much in the short term, it may ...

In late July, the North Korean government is reported to have tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say could be capable of reaching Los Angeles and other West Coast cities. It's ...

In 1994, North Korea’s longtime dictator Kim Il Sung died and was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Il. At the same time, North Korea suffered a famine so severe that much of the population died.

Kim Il Sung, the first leader of North Korea, dies of a heart attack. He is succeeded by his son, Kim Jong-Il. August 1998 I Spy… Spy satellite imagery leads the U.S. to conclude North Korea is ...

North Korea is marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of its Communist Party, the sole controller of the state. Kim Jong-un, the grandson of the man who cemented the party's rule, will ...

Williams said North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver." ...

North Korea is threatening Seoul again, this time over a jointly controlled factory. The Democratic People's Republic also says it is restarting its nuclear reactor, five years after shutting it ...

And North Korea has a long history of sending agents overseas to carry out assassinations, attacks and kidnappings. Here are five examples. 1) Raid on the Blue House, 1968.

New details have emerged about a US soldier who crossed into North Korea on Tuesday – but his exact whereabouts remain a mystery since the secretive country hasn’t said a word about the incident.

South Korea has accused North Korean agents of being behind the sudden death of Kim Jong Nam – son of former dictator Kim Jong Il – on February 15 in Kuala Lumpur airport.

In late July, the North Korean government is reported to have tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say could be capable of reaching Los Angeles and other West Coast cities. It's ...