Topic: North Korea

Seoul's advocates for continued engagement with North Korea may be becoming restless about stalled talks.

The United Nations Command announced Tuesday that it had finished its investigation into a gunfire exchange inside the DMZ in early May and was not able to determine if North Korea's initial shots were accidental.

South Korea's former presidential secretary and three other politicians of the ruling Democratic Party are to lead the Inter-Korea Cooperation Foundation.

South Korea and Myanmar have agreed to investigate together wreckage found in the Andaman Sea, believed to be that of Korean Air Flight 858, which exploded midair in 1987.

A South Korean group that has urged North Korean waitresses resettled in the South to be repatriated and reunited with their families is denying accusations.

North Korea's borders remain tightly sealed and security personnel are carrying out temperature checks, according to a South Korean press report.

The Russian Embassy in North Korea said foreigners are being allowed entry into department stores in Pyongyang, while crediting the Kim Jong Un regime with effective COVID-19 prevention.

North Korea denied allegations of abducting the crewmembers and passengers of a Korean Air Lines flight hijacked in 1969.

North Korea condemned the South on Friday for publishing an annual white paper on North Korea human rights that indicates the death penalty and political prison camps prevail in the country.

The U.S.-led United Nations command is investigating a recent shooting incident inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Kim Jong Un may have swapped out his military intelligence chief and Supreme Guard commander in 2019, and his sister Kim Yo Jong may be a year younger than previously estimated, according to Seoul's unification ministry.

Chinese authorities in the northeastern province of Jilin warned Wednesday of a resurgence of COVID-19 cases as they ordered a lockdown of Jilin City.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the disclosure of information on $23 million in frozen North Korean assets at three U.S. banks to the parents of Otto Warmbier.

North Korea could soon deploy new submarine-launched ballistic missiles, according to a South Korean press report.

Capital punishment is still widespread in North Korea, but public executions and other forms of severe punishment could be receding, according to a South Korean report.