July 12, 2021 Bruce Klingner: North Korea's Kim Jung Un – regime stability being questioned. Here's why Kim recently reappeared much thinner than before, and a trifecta of failings has experts speculating about the potential for the regime's instability or collapse.
June 16, 2021 North Korea's Kim Jong Un looks much thinner, causing health speculation The health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has long been a source of morbid fascination in rival South Korea, which sits in the shadow of Kim's 1.2-million-strong army and his growing arsenal of nuclear-armed missiles.
June 14, 2021 ‘America’s future is as bleak as North Korea’ says defector after attending Columbia Yeonmi Park was shocked by the oppressive culture within the university, reminding her of the country she fled.
June 11, 2021 Kim Jong Un: K-pop is a ‘vicious cancer’ that merits work camp, execution Amid increasing cultural influence from South Korea, the 37-year-old North Korean leader is imposing harsher penalties on citizens caught listening to "perverse" K-pop music.
May 23, 2021 Kamala Harris wipes hand after greeting South Korean leader, faces Twitter backlash Many Americans have become more germ-conscious since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year – but Vice President Kamala Harris may have made her concerns too conspicuous.
May 21, 2021 VP Kamala Harris holds unusual bilateral meeting with a foreign leader at the White House Vice President Harris met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Friday, without the participation of President Biden, and then the two appeared together to make a statement.
May 21, 2021 Biden appoints Amb. Sung Kim as special envoy to North Korea, signals commitment to diplomacy President Biden said the U.S. and South Korea are both “deeply concerned” about the situation in North Korea, and announced he is appointing Ambassador Sung Kim as special envoy to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
May 4, 2021 South Korea: North Koreans pull out of World Cup qualifying South Korean officials say North Korea has told soccer’s Asian governing body it will not participate in World Cup qualifiers next month because of coronavirus concerns.
April 9, 2021 Iran frees South Korean ship it held amid dispute over funds A South Korean oil tanker held for months by Iran amid a dispute over billions of dollars seized by Seoul was freed and sailed away early Friday, just hours ahead of further talks between Tehran and world powers over its tattered nuclear deal.
March 24, 2021 North Korea fires two short-range ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan, US official confirms North Korea has fired two short-range missiles off of its east coast, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Wednesday.
