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“Dan was my first love and my first grief,” Brenda Lott said, as she spoke to families who’ve spent decades searching for answers about their missing loved ones. In a crowded hotel conference room in northern Virginia, Lott, 79, spoke at an annual government briefing in mid-August designed to offer updates on American service members from the Korean War. When she was 6 years old...
US soldier Travis King, who fled from South to North Korea in July, is in American custody after being expelled by Pyongyang, officials say. Pvt King was transferred into US custody in China before being flown to a US military installation. The 23-year-old reconnaissance specialist illegally crossed into North Korea in July. North Korean media said he had fled because of...
North Korea's second missile tests in less than a week are casting doubts over the early resumption of working-level talks between the North and the United States to dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program. On June 30, U.S. President Donald Trump said...
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho launched a scathing attack against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
As the days tick down before the expiration of a key military intelligence-sharing pact between Japan and South Korea, Washington is dialing up pressure on Seoul to reverse its decision to terminate the agreement. The only problem? Washington appears...
After a brief lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea is carrying out large-scale smuggling operations off the coast of China in violation of U.N. sanctions, importing oil and selling coal and sand to keep its economy afloat, according to experts and current and...
The Trump administration wants U.N. members to plug loopholes allowing North Korea to evade sanctions. Many others say it is time to ease the restrictions in the face of a global pandemic.
After a flurry of speculative reports surrounding the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a top defector from the country and experts warned Tuesday against relying on thin...
Intelligence analysts "will use every piece of information they can get their hands on."
Rumors continued to swirl Tuesday about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health, even as South Korean and Chinese officials said they saw evidence to back reports...