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July 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort
North Korea says it is banning the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex
July 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
July 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
K-pop band 1VERSE debuts with 2 North Korean defector members
The five-member K-pop group 1VERSE is debuting Friday, with two North Korean defectors alongside members from the United States and Japan
July 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
July 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
North Korea and Russia discuss strategy for 'international arenas'
North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Un, will continue to "unconditionally support and encourage" Russia's war in Ukraine, according to state media.
July 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
American bombs in Iran also reverberate in China and North Korea
President Donald Trump campaigned on keeping the United States out of foreign wars, but it didn’t take long to convince him to come to the direct aid of Israel
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
July 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
North Korea's Kim Jong Un seen crying over soldier's coffin
North Korea's state media showed leader Kim Jong Un draping coffins with the national flag.
July 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
July 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
DOJ charges 4 North Koreans for posing as IT workers to steal US money
The Justice Department charged four North Koreans with posing as IT workers to steal money from U.S. companies, it said Monday.
July 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Justice Department charges 4 North Koreans with posing as IT workers to steal US companies' money
Justice Department charged four North Koreans with posing as IT workers to steal U.S. companies money, it said Monday.
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
June 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
6 Americans detained for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea: Police
Police have detained six Americans in South Korea for allegedly trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, U.S. dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea.
June 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
1 month ago
North Korea launches more than a dozen rockets, South Korea says
The U.S. and South Korea were analyzing the launches, South Korea said.
1 month ago
1 month ago
North Korea launches more than a dozen rockets, South Korea says
The U.S. and South Korea were analyzing the launches, South Korea said.
1 month ago
2 months ago
Kim Jong Un witnessed a 'serious accident' with new North Korea warship
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the incident "was a criminal act.”
2 months ago
2 months ago
Kim Jong Un says 'serious accident' with new North Korea warship was 'criminal act'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a "serious accident" affected the launch of the country's newest warship on Wednesday.
2 months ago
3 months ago
Kim Jong Un oversees missile tests on new North Korean warship
Kim toured the vessel and observed the weapons tests, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.
3 months ago
3 months ago
Kim Jong Un oversees missile tests on new North Korean warship
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly oversaw the test of a supersonic cruise missile fired from a new battleship -- the destroyer Choe Hyon -- this week.
3 months ago
3 months ago
North Korea confirms 'heroic' troops fought Ukraine in Russia's Kursk region
North Korean authorities confirmed for the first time that the country's forces fought against Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region.
3 months ago
3 months ago
'They do not surrender': Ukraine commander details fight with North Koreans in Russia
Maj. Oleh Shyriaiev's first experience of North Koreans came at the contact line near Kruglenkoe -- a village around 8 miles from the Ukrainian border in Kursk.
3 months ago
4 months ago
North Korea vows to 'strengthen' nuclear capabilities
The G7 called on Friday for North Korea to "abandon" its nuclear program.
4 months ago
4 months ago
North Korea vows to 'strengthen' nuclear capabilities in rejection of G7
North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that its "nuclear armed forces will exist forever as a powerful means of justice," according to state media.
4 months ago
4 months ago
North Korea tests 'multiple' ballistic missiles as US-South Korea war games begin
"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday.
4 months ago
4 months ago
North Korea tests 'multiple' ballistic missiles as US-South Korea war games begin
"South Korean military has increased surveillance and maintaining readiness posture in close cooperation with the U.S.," South Korea's Joint Chiefs said on Monday.
4 months ago
4 months ago
Families of North Korean soldiers could be ‘executed’ if captured: Defector
ABC News foreign correspondent Britt Clennett sat down with North Korean defectors Ryu Seong-hyeon and Pak Yusung in Seoul, South Korea.
4 months ago
4 months ago
Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia 'will be executed'
Former North Korean soldiers spoke with ABC News about their military service.
4 months ago
6 months ago
North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia
Over 12,000 North Korean troops are estimated to be fighting against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region, the United Nations Security Council learned last week.
6 months ago
6 months ago
North Korea tests 'several' missiles, South Korean military says
North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
6 months ago
6 months ago
North Korea hypersonic missile launch 'cannot be ignored,' Kim says
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency claimed a successful test of a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.
6 months ago
6 months ago
North Korea says it test fired hypersonic missile
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency said the successful test took place on Monday.
6 months ago
6 months ago
North Korea tests ballistic missile
The last time North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile was Nov. 5, just before the U.S. presidential election.
6 months ago
6 months ago
'Another violation,' Blinken says of North Korean launch as he visits South Korea
The JCS said the South Korean military has heightened surveillance for additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture to share info with the U.S. and Japan.
6 months ago
7 months ago
Diary of North Korean killed in Russia hints at troops' special forces background
Ukrainian special forces have released several excerpts from a purported diary it said was found on a North Korean soldier killed in front-line fighting in Russia.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia's western Kursk region.
7 months ago
7 months ago
At least 100 North Korean soldiers killed in Russia, South Korean intelligence says
North Korea may dispatch more troops to Russia despite casualties, South Korea’s National Intelligence told lawmakers during a briefing Thursday.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Live dashcam feed used in Ukraine’s deadly Moscow bomb plot, police say
A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.
7 months ago
7 months ago
North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk adapting after 'serious losses,' Ukraine says
Ukraine's intelligence services released new information Tuesday about the conduct of North Korean troops now fighting alongside Russian forces in the Kursk region.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Russian chemical weapons general killed in Moscow blast
A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Ukrainian forces claim 'significant' casualties among North Koreans in Kursk
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence said on Monday that at least 30 North Korean soldiers were killed and wounded in weekend battles.
7 months ago
7 months ago
South Korean president accepts defense minister's resignation
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law late Tuesday, before withdrawing troops hours later.
7 months ago
7 months ago
South Korean president faces impeachment after martial law declaration
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law late Tuesday, before withdrawing troops hours later.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Undocumented Chinese immigrant charged with shipping weapons to North Korea
Shenghua Wen allegedly moved items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers from Long Beach, California, through Hong Kong and then North Korea.
7 months ago
8 months ago
South Korean president's chief of staff resigns after martial law lifted
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law late Tuesday, before withdrawing troops hours later.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Chinese national sold weapons to North Korea: Feds
Prosecutors say Shenghua Wen was allegedly moving items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers.
8 months ago
8 months ago
AI, North Korea, Trump: What Biden and Xi discussed in their final meeting
President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC conference in Lima, Peru -- their last meeting of Biden’s presidency.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Russian 50,000-strong Kursk counteroffensive may include North Koreans, sources say
Some 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops are preparing a new counteroffensive in Russia’s western Kursk region, multiple Ukrainian military sources told ABC News.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Russia, North Korea ratify defense treaty as war in Ukraine continues
ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports on Russia preparing for a new offensive against Ukrainian forces.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Russia, North Korea prepare 50,000 troops to reclaim captured territory
Russia has reportedly gathered a force of 50,000 soldiers, including thousands of North Korean troops, to reclaim parts of Russia’s Kursk region that were seized by Ukraine.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Russia, North Korea prepare 50,000-troop offensive
Some 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops are preparing a new counteroffensive in Russia’s western Kursk region, multiple Ukrainian military sources told ABC News.
8 months ago
8 months ago
North Korea launches ballistic missiles as troops fight for Russia: Pentagon
The launches come days after a trilateral military exercise run by the U.S., South Korea and Japan, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
8 months ago
8 months ago
North Korea test-launches ballistic missiles, Japan and South Korea say
North Korea on Tuesday test-launched several short-range ballistic missiles, neighboring South Korea and Japan said.
8 months ago
8 months ago
10,000 North Korean troops now in Russia's Kursk region, Pentagon says
NATO confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops had been deployed to fight alongside Russian troops in the Kursk region.
8 months ago
9 months ago
8,000 North Korean soldiers to enter Ukraine in days: Pentagon
ABC News’ Patrick Reevell talks about what the escalation of troops by North Korea and Russia could mean in Ukraine, as well as in Asia.
9 months ago
9 months ago
North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile launch meant as message to 'rivals'
Just days before the United States’ presidential election, North Korea conducted a new provocation by test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile believed to be capable of reaching the U.S.
9 months ago