The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week. ------------ N. Korea's rice paddies shrink for 3rd consecutive year in 2024 SEOUL -- The total area of North Korea's rice paddies ...

The two soldiers thought they would be fighting South Korean troops and were told to kill themselves rather than be captured.

The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ (LEAD) N. Korea completes construction of general hospital in Pyongyang, eyes its opening in Oct. SEOUL -- North ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles and ordered full readiness to use ...

South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said that more than 10,000 soldiers from the reclusive state were sent to ...

North Korea says it has test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear counter-attack capability ...

Relations between the U.S. and North Korea have also recently deteriorated, despite President Donald Trump returning to office last month following a first term that included three meetings with Kim.

Pyongyang said the drills were aimed at warning nuclear-armed North Korea’s enemies of its “counterattack capability in any ...

North Korea carried out a test-launch of strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea this week, in a drill Pyongyang said ...