North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) met over two days this week and reported on its achievements during 2024 but state media made no mention of anticipated changes to the constitution that would further cement its hostile policy towards South Korea.

North Korea warned Friday that it would exercise its right to self-defense "more intensively" as it condemned recent joint air drills among South Korea, the United States and Japan.

North Korea defended its right to maintain a nuclear weapons program at a United Nations disarmament conference held shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the North as a "nuclear power.

The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ Russian firm begins attracting tourists to N. Korea's new Kalma tourist zone SEOUL -- A Russian travel agency has begun attracting tourists to North Korea's new Kalma tourist zone along the east coast,

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump to win his commitment to maintain a strong

A leader of a group of North Korean abductee families called on the government to deepen the bond between their leaders.

North Korea aimed to fan the flames of anti-Japanese sentiment over issues like wartime labor and the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.

The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya addressed issues regarding North Korea's alignment with Russia and China's support for Russia's defense industry during their discussions,

North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. South Korea’s spy agency has ...

Taisuke Mibae, deputy head of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, enters the foreign ministry in the capital on Jan. 24, 2025. The ministry called him in to lodge a protest over Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya's reiteration the same day of Tokyo's territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.

The new U.S. administration wants to reopen talks about denuclearization with the regime in Pyongyang. But experts say President Donald Trump risks provoking new tensions, including with South Korea.