Video: Kim Jong Un, with his 'rarely seen' wife opens lavish beach resort in North Korea, it has 54 hotels, beer pubs, ...

North Korea's Kim Jong Un just opened the Wonsan-Kalma beach resort on June 24, in a major effort to boost tourism in the country. Earlier, slated to be opened in 2019, the beach resort will now open for domestic tourists from July 1. North Korea's …

‘No justice in North Korea’: Defectors at UN hearing testify about executions, mounting abuses by regime

Published: 27 Jun. 2025, 07:00 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI Defector Maeng Hyo-shim speaks about her experience living and escaping North Korea during a public hearing hosted by the United Nations Human Rights Office in Seoul on Wednesday …

Six under investigation for attempting to send bottles of dollar bills and rice to North Korea

Published: 27 Jun. 2025, 09:46 Updated: 27 Jun. 2025, 12:37 A North Korean defector group puts rice and face masks into plastic bottles to send to the North on June 18, 2020. The image is not related to the story. [YONHAP]   Six people were detained by …

6 Americans detained for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea, police say

6 Americans detained in South Korea for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans were apprehended on front …

What South Korea’s New President Means for Japan-North Korea Relations

The election of Lee Jae-myung as South Korea’s president has returned inter-Korean diplomacy to the regional spotlight. While Lee has yet to lay out a fully detailed roadmap, his early messaging points to a more cautious and conditional posture toward …

North Korea to Send More Troops to Russia, South Korean Intelligence Says

North Korea plans to send additional troops to Russia to assist in its war against Ukraine as early as July, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday, citing the country’s spy agency. The announcement comes a week after Russian Security Council head Sergei …

Kim Jong-un opens 'North Korea's Benidorm' that British tourists can't wait to visit

Kim Jong-un paid a visit to the seaside as he visited North Korea's newest beach resort, despite the secretive nation currently being shut to foreign tourists. The Wonsan Kalma tourist area will be North Korea’s biggest and the country’s leader hopes …

North Korea to Send More Infantry to Russia

North Korea plans to send more infantry to Russia to help Moscow fight its war against Ukraine, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said Thursday. The new deployment is expected to begin in July or August. North Korea also plans to send 25,000 …

North Korea just opened a beach resort for 20,000 people. But who will visit?

Seoul CNN  —  Kim Jong Un personally cut the ribbon of a new resort hailed by state media as a “national treasure-level tourism city” — a lavish seaside development set against what human rights observers describe as stark realities of hunger and hardship …