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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country in East Asia, located in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering South Korea and China. Its capital, Pyongyang, is the country's largest city by both land area and population. It is a single-party state led by the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), and governed by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un since 2012. It has a population of 24,052,231 (UN-assisted DPRK census 2008) made up of Koreans and a smaller Chinese minority. Japan 'opened' Korea in 1876 and annexed it in 1910. The Republic of Korea (ROK) was founded with US support in the south in August 1948 and the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north in September that year.
Monday’s ballistic missile test is the North’s second this year. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in South Korea for a democracy summit, condemned the launch.
The US secretary of state will meet South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul to explore how to boost their alliance and ‘extended deterrence’ against North Korea.
Concerns about Beijing’s potential to threaten US national security have spurred several bills seeking more scrutiny about who is representing Chinese interests.
The destination of fighter jet exports will be limited to countries that have signed a deal with Japan on defence equipment and technology transfers, about 15 countries currently.
The arrest of Baek Kwang-soon comes as relations between Seoul and Moscow have deteriorated since the Ukraine war, while ties between Moscow and Pyongyang have grown closer.
Moscow’s dire circumstances could lead to upended ‘non-proliferation norms’ and fuel disinformation meant to interfere with elections, Senate hears.
At his upscale Seoul restaurant, Choi Ji-hyung has elevated sundae – Korean blood sausage – to haute cuisine. The chef talks about offering a twist on the street food and feeling a duty to preserve it.
Kim Jong-un’s daughter Ju-ae’s growing public profile has political observers wondering if she’s next in line to become North Korea’s supreme ruler.
South Korea’s president lambasted North Korea on Friday over what he called its repressive rule and vowed to achieve a free, unified Korean peninsula.
In video-link meeting with US representative Jung Pak, China’s envoy Liu Xiaoming says stable peninsula is in the interests of the region and the world.
Iran’s provision of around 400 missiles is seen as deepening military cooperation between the two US-sanctioned countries.
‘Tangible’ takeaways from a potential Japan-North Korea summit, especially on the abduction issue, are required if Kishida hopes to use foreign relation wins to boost his domestic approval, analysts say.
Jin Guanghua is accused of committing bank fraud in an illegal scheme by North Korea to generate revenue through the purchase and sale of tobacco.
The two pariah states have been forging closer ties in recent months amid Russia’s war in Ukraine and Pyongyang’s continued nuclear weapons development. UN Security Council resolutions ban the export of luxury goods to North Korea.
Dialogue between North and South Korea has given way to fiery rhetoric and mutual threats of destruction. Neither side seems inclined to de-escalate, as the spectre of a second Trump presidency only adds to mounting concerns.
While North Korea appears to be warming up to Japan, its ties with Seoul have deteriorated, with Kim Jong-un saying the North had legal right to annihilate South Korea.
North Korean-themed 1999 film Shiri was followed by a succession of South Korean box office hits about North Korea. From Joint Security Area to The Spy Gone North, here are our top 10 picks.
The company announced the find as it rolled out a blanket ban on state-backed hacking groups using its AI products.
At least 18 South Korean video games have been granted licences for commercial release in mainland China since late 2022.
North Korea extends its streak of weapons demonstrations with its fifth barrage of cruise missiles in the past month.
Pyongyang’s announcement that it has developed and tested the new system ‘could prove tricky for China’ according to one analyst.
‘Pyongyang opens its door’: a group of Russians have arrived in the country for a four-day trip, a few months after Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin met and pledged closer economic and military cooperation.