North Korea is one of the most backwards and reclusive nations in existence. Ruled by a familial cult of personality, the Kim family has reigned supreme there since the end of the Second World War.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to reports in Seoul citing South Korean intelligence. The news was delivered by Lee Seong-kweun, ...

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (UPI) --Kim Yong Nam, a North Korean diplomat and politician who served under three generations of the Kim family dynasty, has died at age 97, state media reported Tuesday. He died on ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two ...

US President Donald Trump said he didn’t expect to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip through Asia, despite previously suggesting he was open to coordinating a summit. “We ...

This past weekend, President Donald Trump landed in Malaysia to kick off a tour in Southeast Asia that could either make or break his trade agenda. Ever the showman, Trump inaugurated the week’s ...

Kim Jong-il was born in 1941 in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye. He would follow his father Kim Il-sung as the second leader of North Korea, living an extravagant and eccentric lifestyle, while ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed a new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang that included foreign leaders on Friday. The yet-to-be-tested Hwasong-20 ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed a new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang that included foreign leaders on Friday. The yet-to-be-tested Hwasong-20 ...

Fireworks explode at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, during the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party. The words at ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded what he called his country's fight against a U.S.-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into “the best socialist paradise in the ...