North Korea Sends Delegation From Pyongyang to General Assembly After Long Absence

The last time North Korea sent officials directly from the capital was in 2018, a year before direct diplomacy between its leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump collapsed.

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Kim Jong-un Open to Talks if U.S. Drops Demand to Denuclearize

The North Korean leader’s comments came days after President Trump said he would travel to South Korea in late October for a regional summit.

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​Kim Seongmin, Defector Who Pierced North Korea by Radio, Dies at 63

As a military propagandist, he fled the North by jumping off a train. In the South, he broadcast forbidden outside news to isolated North Koreans.

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When Congress Should Be Notified About National Security Operations, Explained

The Trump administration failed to tell lawmakers about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 incursion into North Korean territory that went awry.

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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.

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Kim Jong-un Leaves Beijing With Big Diplomatic Wins

Mr. Kim’s presence at a Chinese military parade was a sign of his growing geopolitical ​leverage and that North Korea was being accepted as a de facto nuclear power.

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Trump Grows Frustrated With Putin, as Russian President Bonds With China’s Leader

President Trump’s extraordinary summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last month has yet to yield any concrete results on the war in Ukraine.

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Putin Takes His ‘Limo Diplomacy’ to China

Rides in his hulking bulletproof Aurus with the Indian and North Korean leaders offered the Russian leader an ideal setting for deepening ties.

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The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.

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Kim Jong-un Brings a His Daughter and Potential Heir, Ju-ae, to Beijing

Kim Ju-ae’s presence at a major gathering of world leaders is the latest sign that North Korea’s dictator considers her a successor, analysts said.

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