SEOUL, July 13 (Reuters) - The South Korean navy early on Monday morning recovered the body of a seaman who went missing at sea over the weekend near the maritime border with North Korea, the navy ...

The crossing to South Korea occurred despite an intensification of border controls and surveillance by the Kim regime.

SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters) - South Korea's unification ministry is seeking North Korea's help to find a missing seaman near the two countries' border on the east coast, it said on Sunday. The request ...

The 5,000-ton Choe Hyon is the largest warship North Korea has ever built and is said to be armed with nuclear-capable missiles. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul The ambition of North Korea’s ...

Chinese dissident Dong Guangping has finally reached Canada after a perilous escape from China. Dong was repeatedly ...

Dong Guangping, who reached Toronto on Friday after a decade of failed attempts to escape China, recounted how he traveled by sea to South Korea last month. By John Yoon and Pei-Lin Wu John Yoon ...

A North Korean soldier has been taken into custody after crossing the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea in a suspected defection, the Yonhap news agency says.

In this photo released by Dong Guangping, Dong Guangping is seen on a dinghy, crossing the sea between China and South Korea, on May 24, 2026. In this photo released by Dong Guangping, Dong Guangping ...