1942 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is born. He took power after his father Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country, died in 1994.

Cellphone messages provide a cherished link for Ukrainians whose partners are away fighting, but when the answers dry up, the ...

South Korean women are at the center of the weekly protests calling for the removal of President Yoon Suk- yeol. They see Yoon, among other things, as an obstacle to women’s rights. That’s hardly ...

North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.

North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after ...

After U.S. President Donald Trump's administration froze donations in January to Cambodia's largest demining organization, ...

The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late ...

Nearly 8,000 North Korean soldiers still fighting in Kursk Oblast, Budanov says Ukraine's strike on Russian command center in ...

Kim’s emphasis on Chongryon is distinct from that of his father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. In the early years of that ...

Projections that the 11,000-strong North Korean army contingent deployed to the Russia-Ukraine war would be ill-equipped ...