Moscow’s top diplomat to visit North Korea as Pyongyang gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Will Ripley, Lex Harvey, Chris Lau, Kunal Sehgal and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to visit North Korea this weekend, in a sign of deepening relations between Moscow and Pyongyang as North Korea gets pulled …

World Associated Press South Korea, US and Japan hold aerial drill in demonstration of strength against North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Top South Korean, U.S. and Japanese military officers urged North Korea to cease all unlawful activities that threaten regional security, as the three nations flew advanced warplanes for a joint exercise in a show of force against …

Can Seoul’s soft diplomacy break the Russia–North Korea alliance?

South Korea’s new president Lee Jae-myung faces a unique challenge that his predecessor Moon Jae-in did not: the growing military cooperation between Russia and North Korea. With Moscow breaking international sanctions by buying arms from Pyongyang and …

South Korea president suggests Pope Leo could visit North Korea en route to 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul

In an article published July 7 by the Korea JoongAng Daily, South Korea President Lee Jae Myung posited that Pope Leo XIV could visit North Korea in the same trip to Seoul for 2027 World Youth Day as a means of advancing peace between the two countries.  …

US Sanctions Key Threat Actors Tied to North Korea’s Remote IT Worker Scheme

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury has taken a strong stance against cyber-enabled financial schemes that support North Korea’s illicit weapons programs by imposing sanctions on Song Kum Hyok, a malevolent …

US Sanction Key Threat Actors Linked With North Korea’s Remote IT Worker Scheme

The U.S. Treasury’s July 8 action against Song Kum Hyok and four Russia-based entities pulled back the curtain on a sophisticated malware-enabled revenue pipeline that has quietly bankrolled Pyongyang’s weapons programs for years. Investigators trace the …

South Korea, US and Japan hold aerial drill in demonstration of strength against North Korea

North Korea’s first-ever quintuplets named to honor supreme leader

Published: 10 Jul. 2025, 21:18 Quintuplets, three girls and two boys, born to mother Pak Kyong-sim and her husband, Son Chung-hyo, are seen at a maternity clinic in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News …

North Korean defector to sue Kim Jong-un alleging torture and sexual violence in regime’s detention facilities

A North Korean defector has filed a lawsuit against Kim Jong-un in a South Korean court, alleging torture and sexual violence in the regime’s detention facilities. Choi Min-kyung, 53, is seeking 50m won (US$37,000) in damages from the North Korean state …

Inside North Korea: What I saw before escaping the Regime | #62 Hyunseung Lee

Inside North Korea: What I saw before escaping the Regime | #62 Hyunseung Lee – Published by Matt Beall Limitless “In this gripping episode, Hyunseung Lee shares his powerful story of life under North Korea’s brutal regime. From his early childhood inside …