Belgium faces a growing crisis in its prisons, with the army called in to help and inmates stuck in their cells 24 hours a day as the government struggles to end a strike by prison staff. "The ...

Attendees gather at the "Unboxing Korea" event hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in Belgium on Oct. 18, 2025, in this photo provided by the center. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome ...

Pyongyang will likely open room for a summit meeting with Washington while excluding dialogue opportunities with Seoul.

Historically, North Korea has focused primarily on developing land-based military strength. However, several factors are driving Pyongyang to enhance its naval power. In this photo provided by the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the U.S. mainland and occurring days ...

Editor’s Note: On July 16, 2024, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment alleging that Sue Mi Terry had acted as an unregistered agent of the ...

Approached with humility and purpose, the Korea–EU partnership can become a stabilising force in uncertain times, guiding ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Editor’s Note: On July 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed the indictment of Sue Mi Terry on charges of ...

Mr. Hennigan writes about national security, foreign policy and conflict for the Opinion section. One day after 14 American 30,000-pound bombs thundered down on Iran, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North's ruling elite that ...

People who have escaped from North Korea since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic have described severe repression and restrictions on economic activity. North Korean escapees’ accounts illustrate the ...