The United States and South Korea on Thursday concluded their annual Freedom Shield joint military exercise, after days of heightened tensions with North Korea.

The father of Mr. Oh, a man in his 30s and a graduate student handed over to prosecutors on suspicion of flying drones into North Korea, filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),

North Korea recently test fired an estimated 10 ballistic missiles from its upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher system, taking aim at an island target in the Sea of Japan in what was the country’s third ballistic missile launch since the start of 2026.

North Korea on Saturday has fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military says, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States.

North Korea’s foreign currency earnings have reached their highest levels since before sweeping sanctions were imposed in 2018 over its banned weapons programs, driven by cyber-heists and arms sales to Russia,

North Koreans say military-civilian solidarity rallies have been replaced by political events since the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Kim Jong Un has for years said nuclear weapons were critical to the survival of his regime. Experts say the war in Iran is a lesson for North Korea that nuclear deterrence works.

North Korea may have supplied weapons and troops worth as much as $14 billion to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, though only a portion of that appears to have been paid back to the reclusive regime,