Drug use allegations against the eldest son of Tae Yong-ho, former conservative People Power Party lawmaker and North Korean ...

A UN office has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their country's heightened ...

One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

When Ukrainian soldiers captured two North Korean prisoners of war last month, it provided the first undeniable proof of ...

North Korean conscripted soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials — from bullets for training to food — and at times survive on corn powder or even moldy rice, ...

The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the ...

Although the North Korean troops were highlighted as a decisive escalation in the conflict, their performance appears to have fallen well short of expectations.

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid ...

With new reports of North Korean troops captured as POWs in Ukraine, as resident Zelensky puts it, there is now "irrefutable evidence" that North Korea has been involved in Russia's war against Ukrain ...

Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero ...