Korean war during US election 2024? Here's why 'balloons' are creating tension between North Korea and South KoreaAs Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are campaigning for the US election 2024, a feud has erupted between North Korea and South Korea.
11 Oct, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
Ex-North Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in South Korea, highest post for any defectorSouth Korea's president appointed former North Korean diplomat Tae Yongho as a vice minister, the highest-ranking position for a North Kore...
18 Jul, 2024, 11.22 AM IST
K-pop leads to death: North Korean youth publicly executed for listening to South Korean musicA 22-year-old man in North Korea was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to and sharing K-pop music and South Korean films, according t...
02 Jul, 2024, 09.47 AM IST
South Korea activists defy warning to fly balloons into NorthAn activist group in South Korea said on Thursday it had flown balloons into North Korea carrying leaflets criticising leader Kim Jong Un, ...
06 Jun, 2024, 10.11 AM IST
North Korea's trash balloons deepen tensions with the South. Here's what's happening between rivalsTensions rise between North and South Korea as North Korea sends balloons carrying trash to South Korea, prompting retaliatory steps from t...
04 Jun, 2024, 05.28 PM IST
North Korea threatens to respond to anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets with a 'shower of shells'The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South. They included Park Sang-hak, who has been...
08 Nov, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
North Korea apparently reopens border due to economic difficulties: SeoulNorth Korea has decided to reopen its border after more than three years of tight virus curbs due to economic challenges. The country has a...
28 Aug, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
How North Korean women and children face hardships after defecting to South KoreaNorth Korean women escaping to China face even less freedom and are vulnerable to trafficking and violence. Third-country-born children of ...
18 Jul, 2023, 12.32 PM IST
North Korea: Two-year-old sent to life imprisonment after Bible found in parents' possessionIt is estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 North Korean citizens have been imprisoned for ‘being Christians’. An entire family, includi...
27 May, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
South Korean crosses armed border in rare defection to NorthThe border crossing, which is illegal in South Korea, came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borde...
02 Jan, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
North Korea to redeploy troops near border amid tensionsThe North Korean announcements came a day after it blew up a joint liaison office set up on its side of the border as part of a 2018 peace ...
17 Jun, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not as rare as you would thinkThere’s an e-commerce site called Manmulsang -- which means the everything store, in a nod to Amazon.com Inc. -- and Okryu, a mobile-shoppi...
16 Jun, 2018, 12.53 PM IST
20,000 North Koreans work as bonded labourers abroad: UN reportSome of the host countries for such workers apart from Russia and China are Mongolia, Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, among others.
17 Mar, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
UN official defends stance on North Korea rights abusesUnited Nations' official in charge of investigating human rights abuses in North Korea says he stands by UN findings on widespread abuses.
23 Jan, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
North Korea tells UN to drop call for ICC referralThe resolution was followed by the first-ever Security Council meeting on Pyongyang's rights record, which was held despite opposition from...
22 Jan, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
- Myanmar building nuke reactor, says media report
After Iran and North Korea, the next international pariah to be accused of having nuclear ambitions is Myanmar. If true, the full weight of...
02 Aug, 2009, 03.55 PM IST
- China to close bridges linked to NKorea for Olympics
China plans to shut down all bridges linked to N Korea during next month's Olympics as part of its efforts to prevent N Koreans from crossi...
21 Jul, 2008, 10.02 PM IST