North Korea

Yoon had already been sentenced to life in prison for a rebellion conviction over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.

The Chinese leader’s visit came from a rare position of strength for Kim Jong Un, who has revived his economy and benefited from his support for Russia.

The North Korean leader gave the Chinese president a grand welcome to a country that has come a long way since his last visit seven years ago.

The state visit is the latest step by Beijing to reinforce its ties with its nuclear-armed neighbor after leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to Russia in recent years.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff assessed the site as a uranium enrichment plant, the third such site North Korea has disclosed.

This comes a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North launching multiple projectiles toward its western waters.

It was North Korea’s first weapons launch event since April 19, when it fired multiple short-range missiles in what state media described as a demonstration of cluster bomb warheads.

The rare clash — between two women’s teams — comes as dictator Kim Jong Un pursues a hostile policy toward his neighbor.

North Korean troops marched in the parade for the first time, a sign of Moscow’s deepening partnership with Pyongyang.

The announcement comes days after South Korea said North Korea’s newly revised constitution drops all references to Korean unification.

The revision marks the first time the country has added a territorial clause to its constitution, according to a Seoul National University professor.