Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Chinese authorities in the northeastern city of Shenyang reportedly arrested a North Korean IT specialist in late April 2025, accusing him of stealing drone technology secrets. The suspect ...

Daonsoop cafe is so close to the North Korean border that to obtain the building permit, its owners had to construct the property with a bunker and fortified positions for tanks. Founder Lee Oh ...

Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be ...

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a rare visit to the Russian embassy in Pyongyang with his daughter on May 9 to celebrate Russia’s Victory Day to mark the Soviet Union’s victory ...

Reclining on sofas at a South Korean cafe, customers sip iced americanos as they gaze past barbed wire fences and watchtowers at the mountains of North Korea. Founder Lee Oh-sook and her husband, both ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday defended his country's participation in the Russia-Ukraine war as an "exercise of its sovereign rights," according to media reports. Kim made the remarks ...

Seoul, South Korea — The United States flew long-range B-1B bombers in a show of force against North Korea on Tuesday, days after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to ...

Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the ... forget their sacrifices. Analysts say North Korea’s official acknowledgment of ...