North Korea

Kim Jong-un and his generals cheer after the apparent launch of the Hwasong-17 long-range missile in March
Military
Exclusive: North Korea’s monster fake out
Young man in blue shirt lifts a piece of concrete as other men sift through rubble after an airstrike
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at the ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Jan. 8, 2021, photo provided by the North Korean government. 
Global Politics
In crisis, North Korea is turning further inward
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Do you feel safe?
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A North Korean soldier keeps watch toward the south through a binocular telescope
Conflict & Justice
South Korea just repatriated two North Korean fishermen. Why?
A South Korean soldier walks past a TV broadcasting a news report
Military
North Korea’s nuclear test could be leverage for upcoming talks
a North Korean bunny prepares to exact revenge
Arts, Culture & Media
Meet North Korea’s Bunny Gang, cute animated rabbits who rain vengeance on their foes
US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore.
Global Politics
Trump-Kim summit gave ‘master manipulator’ a global platform, says defector
Police control crowd in protest with signs with Korean letters.
Global Politics
South Korean aid to North Korea could be a game changer — if North Korea accepts it
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released on September 16, 2017 by the Korean Central News Agency.
Conflict
What can satellites reveal about North Korea’s missile and nuclear sites? Not enough.
A group of protesters wear yellow scarves and hold blue signs.
Global Politics
Some South Koreans say Trump-Kim summit is ‘all political theater’
A building at Kim Chaek University of Technology during the blue hours of pre-dawn
Twitter and Cocoa Puffs: The surprising life of a student at North Korea’s top university
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh arrive for a photo opportunity before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 9, 2018.
Trump and Kim will meet again, but why in Vietnam?
A hand holds a smart phone.
Trump’s trade war with China drives silent wedge between US and South Korea
A man throws a plastic water bottle into a dark gray sea
Commentary
This group uses the tide to send bottles of rice and contraband to North Korea
Takuya Yokota in Tokyo in November 2017. He continues to speak out about North Korea's abduction of his sister in 1977.
Conflict & Justice
Japan could ease tensions with North Korea — if North Korea comes clean on its abduction of Japanese citizens
an old building with large DMZ letters out front
Global Politics
More visitors are coming to the DMZ amid thawing relations with North Korea
korean students wear gas masks
Conflict & Justice
In South Korea’s war panic economy, sales thrive on nuclear angst
President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore on June 12, 2018.
Denuclearization is not going to happen, says this North Korea expert
President Trump Holds Historic Meeting with Kim Jong-un
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a new store openes in North Korea
Business
Singapore helps North Korea break out in business
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Economics
North Korean diplomats are beating sanctions to raise cash with this Berlin hostel
two men shake hands
Global Politics
Why some South Koreans feel more positive about Kim Jong-un
Rows of students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, a prestigious academy in Pyongyang, sit at computers.
Technology
How North Korean hackers became the world’s greatest bank robbers
A man waves from inside a black car.
North Korea details plans to dismantle nuclear test site
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the ballistic missile test at an unknown location, in this undated file photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on March 11, 2016.
Conflict & Justice
What it will take to denuclearize North Korea
This combination photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida.
Global Politics
A Trump-Kim summit would be historic too, but can it succeed?
Arts, Culture & Media
Postcard from Pyongyang
Won Hyung-joon leads the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra and hopes one day to perform together with North Korean musicians.
Music
Why ‘Arirang’ is the perfect song for a divided Korea
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a joint announcement with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 7, 2018.
Conflict
As Olympics draw near, US to unveil ‘toughest, most aggressive’ sanctions on North Korea
A construction sign says "There is no threat" against a backdrop of palm fronds
Conflict
Hawaii ‘missile alert’ sparks anger, demands for answers
North Korean delegation
Conflict
What do the North Koreans want?
The first test of a hydrogen bomb in 1952
Conflict
The risks of war with North Korea in 2018
Sook Ei and George Lampman met at the US embassy in Seoul in the months before the start of the Korean War.
Conflict
They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded
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Fallout fears: A Chinese newspaper’s illustrated guide to nuclear war
A 2002 exhibition in Shanghai called "Journeys to Peace and Cooperation" showcases the 30th anniversary of U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China in 1972.
Conflict
Could a face-to-face meeting between Trump and Kim cool tensions between the US and North Korea?
North Korean flag
Conflict
North Korea launches ballistic missile
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016.
Conflict
Where things stand with North Korea
Boy on horse in carousel, looking at camera. Old, scanned photo
Conflict
On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’
A South Korean policeman takes part in an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Seoul, South Korea, August 22, 2017.
Conflict
South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they’re getting worried.
US Air Force intelligence officer, Donald Nichols ran a covert network of spies who infiltrated North Korea and fed information back to Nichols' headquarters in South Korea. He trained and deployed hundreds of agents, many of whom were sent on suicide mis
Conflict
This American spymaster from the Korean War was nearly forgotten
A combination photo shows US President Donald Trump in New York, Sept. 21, 2017, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, Sept. 4, 2017.
Conflict
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are more alike than you probably realize
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claps during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb test, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 10, 2017.
Conflict
It’s decision time for the Trump administration on North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
Conflict
South Korea’s creating a special military unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un
UN security council meeting
Conflict
‘We need North Korea to feel the pressure,’ Japan ambassador says at UN emergency security meeting
Director Morten Traavik (r) with the lead singer of Laibach, Milan Fras. Traavik brought the Slovenian band to Pyongyang in 2015 for a concert. And then he made a film about it.
Culture
Here’s an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.
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Watch Live: Trump, Moon make joint statements on North Korea
North Korean nuclear scientists cheer leader Kim Jong Un
Conflict
North Korea fires another missile, the ‘DPRK’s answer to the Trump administration’
North Korea drills
Conflict
China and Russia react to US warnings on North Korea
Students from the Daum School on a field trip with their teacher. Their faces are blurred to protect their privacy. Many North Korean refugees have trouble adjusting to life in fast-paced South Korea, especially at school.
Conflict
North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
US Vice President Mike Pence answers a reporter's question at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, April 17, 2017.
Conflict
Tensions with North Korea are on the rise, yet again
A new multiple launch rocket system is test fired in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 4, 2016.
Conflict
Some Americans are panicking about North Korea. Here’s why South Koreans aren’t.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA on the spot in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, March 7,
Conflict
Trump seeks options for eliminating North Korean nuclear threat
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2015.
Global Politics
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting
Rex Tillerson
Conflict
When it comes to North Korea, the era of ‘strategic patience’ is over
A South Korean soldier patrols at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 8, 2013.
Conflict
A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.
Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.
Global Politics
A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift
Seated protestors listen to a speech against a new American anti-missile defense system being located in their area. They're worried about potential health impacts.
Conflict
South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea
South Korean officials trying to convince youth of importance of unification