Japan initiated secret talks with North Korean officials on two occasions this spring in an apparent attempt to reopen negotiations on resolving the decades-old abduction issue once and for all.

Leader Kim Jong Un pledged to pursue "sustained countermeasures," citing security ties between the U.S. and its regional allies.

A pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention – a ...

North Korea is the world's "most dangerous place ... The owners were on a secret mission. Yet ongoing civil conflict in Myanmar meant it rose four places to number 13, with researchers citing ...

North Korea announced it had performed a test of its cruise missile system on Saturday. It was the communist country’s fourth known missile launch since November and the second in less than a ...

For the first time in more than five years, foreign tourists can visit North Korea, albeit to the city of Rason, one of the secretive communist state's least visited places. Koryo Tours ...