She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate ... average life expectancy is now lower than that of North Korea. Life expectancy in North Korea ...

South Korea’s Ganghwa County, whose closest point is just 1.8km (1.1 mile) from North Korea, is creating a noise map to help residents cope with blaring loudspeaker broadcasts from the North.

The North has altered the words to its national anthem to eliminate mention of the South, while the southern part of the peninsula has disappeared from maps for ... by the Korea Coast Guard ...

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Korean Aerospace Industries' KF-21 has the same angled twin tails and similar sleek lines as Lockheed Martin's stealth ...

Unlike satellites that use optical cameras, SAR satellites don't need a light ... south, the newspaper reported. Seoul's "kill chain" strategy includes planning for preemptive attacks on North ...

South Korea ... t need a light source like the sun, so they can operate at night. They are impervious to weather conditions that can shroud optical satellite images. It is the fourth of five ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

North Korea's first official acknowledgment of its troop deployment to support Russia's war in Ukraine, following around six months of silence, on Monday comes at a timely moment domestically to ...

This latter approach breaks with the longstanding American strategy of sanctions and deterrence in dealing with North Korea ... in light of the newly announced 25 percent U.S. tariff on South ...

Korea in five months Lee Ju-ho, the deputy prime minister and education minister, is taking over as acting president of South Korea from Friday after Choi Sang-mok, the second in line for acting ...