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UN working group criticizes China for last year’s repatriations of North Korean defectors

A United Nations working group has concluded that China's repatriation of North Korean defectors last year constitutes an "arbitrary deprivation of liberty" and urged...

Human rights groups call on North Korean troops in Ukraine to withdraw from war

On November 19, seven North Korean human rights organizations in South Korea issued an open letter calling on North Korean troops deployed to the...

South Korean Coast Guard thwarts planned maritime launch of anti-North leaflets

The Korea Coast Guard on Tuesday afternoon shut down an attempt by groups of North Korean defectors and relatives of South Koreans abducted to...

North’s Kim meets with Russian natural resources minister amid deepening Pyongyang-Moscow ties

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a rare meeting with Alexandr Kozlov, Russia’s minister of natural resources and ecology, in Pyongyang on November 18,...

South Korea warns North Korea not to test its patience after trash balloon provocations

South Korea’s military warned North Korea against testing its patience following the latest trash balloon incident. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) issued a...

Seoul considers demanding payment from Pyongyang over damaged inter-Korean roads, railways

The South Korean government said Monday that it is reviewing measures to recover loans to the North used for building inter-Korean roads and railways,...

Kim Jong-un orders unlimited nuclear expansion, citing U.S.-led alliances as threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called on his officials to strengthen the regime's nuclear forces "without limitation" and complete preparations for war, Pyongyang's state...

North’s Kim Yo-jong warns South Korea will pay ‘dear price’ for dropping leaflets, ‘dirty things’

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Sunday that South Korea will have to pay a "dear price" for sending propaganda...

China’s stance on North Korea, Russia appears to shift as South, U.S. and Japan up pressure

China faced pressure to respond to North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia during the recently concluded Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in...

U.S. Gray Eagle ‘assassin’ drone takes off from South Korean assault ship in first combat test

A U.S. General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle, an unmanned reconnaissance and attack aircraft, took off from the Korean Navy’s amphibious assault ship ROKS Dokdo...