South Korea, Ukraine

South Korean Officials Convicted Over Forcibly Sending North Koreans Home
The case of two North Korean fishermen, who murdered 16 compatriots before they sought asylum, has become a political minefield in the South.
South Korea tells Ukraine it is willing to accept North Korean POWs
South Korea will offer "necessary protection and support" to North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine who wish to come to the South, Seoul said Wednesday.
South Korea Is Willing to Take North Korean POWs from Ukraine
South Korea said it’s willing to accept any North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine who express a desire to defect to the South, an idea that emerges amid reports of thousands of North Korean soldiers sustaining casualties in support of Russian troops.
South Korea Court Finds Former Officials Guilty of Forcible Return of N.Koreans
A South Korean court found four former government officials guilty on Wednesday of forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019, despite their intention to defect, in a case that provoked criticism from global human rights activists.
Ex-officials who forcibly deported N. Korean fishermen avoid jail in controversial ruling
A South Korean court found four former government officials guilty of forcibly repatriating two North Korean fishermen in 2019 despite their pleas to defect. The Seoul Central District Court gave deferred sentences to the four officials on Feb.
Ex-officials behind repatriation of North Korean fishermen handed suspended sentences
Former senior officials involved in a forced repatriation case involving North Korean fishermen during the Moon Jae-in administration received suspended sentences from a Seoul court on Wednesday.
North Korea criticizes US over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
North Korean state media on Thursday criticized the United States for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS ...
North Korea reopens to foreign tourists for first time since pandemic
Foreign visitors set to return to Rason Special Economic Zone this week as Pyongyang cautiously reopens borders ...
North Korea resolved a major flaw in one of its missiles after it let Russia use them against Ukraine, Kyiv's spy chief says
Kyrylo Budanov said Russian use helped to modify the KN-23, one of North Korea's newest ballistic missiles, to fix poor ...
Trump Says North Korean Soldiers 'Wiped Out' in Ukraine War
Ukraine has said approximately one-third of the 11,000 North Koreans believed to have been deployed to Russia have been ...
US tourists can’t visit North Korea. This American spent six figures on a second passport so he could travel there
Justin Martell recently became the first known American to step foot inside the secretive nation since the onset of the pandemic more than five years ago.
North Korea’s Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave ...
US Ally Responds to North Korea Threat With 'Bunker Buster' Missile
North Korea's long-range artilleries, which can strike South Korea's capital Seoul, are hidden in caves and tunnels.
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Criminal trial of suspended South Korean president Yoon begins
Suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday appeared in a first preliminary hearing of a criminal trial on ...