Kim Jong Un’s state-linked hackers have carried out a £1.1bn cryptocurrency theft, the largest digital heist ever recorded, quietly infiltrating a trusted platform and diverting funds before the ...

Kim Yo Jong has been promoted to full department director in North Korea’s ruling party, amid swirling succession questions. South Korea’s spy agency says Kim Ju Ae may be groomed as heir, setting up ...

North Korea's ruling Workers' Party re-elected Kim Jong Un as general secretary at a party congress meeting on Sunday, state media said, a move seen as underlining his absolute grip on power and ...

North Korea’s prison system is one of the most secretive in the world. Information largely comes from defectors and satellite ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to lift living standards as he opened a landmark congress, state media said Friday, offering a glimpse of economic strains within the sanctions-hit ...

An NPR reporter covering the Olympics in Milan takes us on cultural side quests, to a hospitality house and a candy store.

Polestar’s new electric wagon will be built in South Korea, at the same factory that handles the regular Polestar 4. This ...

South Korea's National Assembly speaker has urged Yoon Suk Yeol to apologise to the public, after the ex-president was handed ...

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of masterminding an insurrection when he imposed martial law in 2024. It was the country’s ​biggest criminal trial in decades.

Un’s teenage daughter Kim Ju-Ae is reportedly being groomed as North Korea’s future leader, but new warnings suggest her rise could trigger a brutal succession battle inside the Kim dynasty. South ...

North Korean dried sea cucumbers are being smuggled into China at premium prices despite UN sanctions, with demand rising ahead of Lunar New Year.

Aged somewhere between 12 and 14, Ju Ae has stepped from the shadows to stand beside her father at missile launches, military parades and high-level state events.