Chinese officials tasked with managing a memorial facility for troops who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War returned to North ...

1954 -- The Korea Development Bank, the nation's representative borrower of overseas funds, begins operations. 1974 - President Park Chung-hee announces an emergency bill to suppress anti-government ...

The unification ministry predicts that North Korea will strive to improve relations with China this year, having strengthened its ties with Russia.According to the ministry’s ...

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be moving to mend relations with China, but further bolstering relations ...

North Korea, formally called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is also known as the Hermit Kingdom for a good reason ...

A high number of defections by North Korean elites in 2023, along with two audacious escapes in the past two weeks, are a sign of a major crisis within the country, say analysts. There were 10 ...

Koo Jeong-hwa (previously identified as Lee Su-jung in China) has been detained since 3 December 2017 in Hoeryeong, North Korea, and a decision on her sentence is expected from the Ministry of State ...

North Korea is signaling a desire to mend its strained ties with China while intensifying its all-around partnership with ...