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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol answers questions during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: AFP

South Korea’s Ukraine support strategy shifts with Trump’s re-election

Seoul’s pivot away from weapons shipments comes amid tepid public support for the move – and Trump’s vow to negotiate an end to the war.

12 Nov 2024 - 12:25PMvideocam

North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia

12 Nov 2024 - 12:40PMvideocam

Letters | Hong Kong’s working class deserve world-class medical care

11 Nov 2024 - 11:30AM

Opinion | Trump will ask Asia-Pacific what it can offer. Leaders must think hard

From support for the US military industrial complex to countering China, leaders must start deciding their trade-offs, bottom lines and no-go areas.

11 Nov 2024 - 7:08AMvideocam

Opinion | South Korea may find itself stranded as North Korea’s sole adversary

Pyongyang is being emboldened by its defence pact with Moscow while US support for Seoul is expected to be diluted under Trump.

10 Nov 2024 - 9:44PMvideocam

North Korea’s GPS jamming attacks disrupt flights, ships in Seoul

The South’s military warned vessels and aircraft operating in the Yellow Sea to be cautious, urging Pyongyang to cease its provocations.

9 Nov 2024 - 2:18PMvideocam

Letters | Nuclear deterrence is mute on how to resolve root of conflict

Readers discuss Russia’s threat of nuclear strikes and North Korea’s role in the Ukraine war, Cheung Chau’s fading charms, and Hong Kong’s outstanding healthcare service.

9 Nov 2024 - 11:30AM

An activist holds a single-person picket in front of the US embassy in central Moscow on November 5, with a poster reading “We Support Changing the Nuclear Doctrine to Allowing to Retarget Nuclear Weapons at the United States”. Photo: AFP

Asian Angle | Why Southeast Asia should worry about North Korean troops in Russia

The arrival of North Korean troops in Russia threatens to worsen and prolong the conflict in Ukraine, which would not be good for Southeast Asia.

9 Nov 2024 - 10:00AMvideocam

Video | Putin suggests Russia may hold military drills with North Korea

Putin said Russia’s strategic partnership agreement with Pyongyang was a sign of regional stability.

8 Nov 2024 - 5:18PM

Russia may hold military drills with North Korea

8 Nov 2024 - 3:03PM

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My Take | How North Korea’s troop deployment to Russia is changing attitudes in China

The Chinese public who once derided North Korea as a ‘neighbourhood hooligan’ is now hailing its decision to help Russia in the Ukraine war.

9 Nov 2024 - 4:04AMvideocam

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Pyongyang in June. Photo: Pool via AP

Opinion | US-China war diplomacy vital as North Korea complicates Ukraine fray

The scale and speed of Pyongyang’s reported troop deployment to Russia strongly suggests premeditation. The US and China must act to prevent escalation.

8 Nov 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Trump’s victory is ‘good news’ for North Korea. But will Kim denuclearise?

Trump and Kim met twice in Singapore in 2018 and Hanoi in 2019 but the summits failed to yield a commitment by Pyongyang to denuclearise.

8 Nov 2024 - 3:37PM

Putin congratulates Trump on election victory, says Russia is ready for dialogue

Russian president praises ‘real man’ Trump in his first public remarks since US election win.

8 Nov 2024 - 10:10AMvideocam

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Valdai Discussion Club meeting in Sochi on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Opinion | North Korea’s support for Russia won’t be a game changer in Ukraine

Pyongyang’s support for Russia is part of a public relations campaign for Kim Jong-un, who has his eye on Russian supplies and tech.

7 Nov 2024 - 6:01AMvideocam

South Korean facilities attacked by Russian hackers over Seoul’s Ukraine plan

The hackers say its actions were due to Seoul’s plan to send military experts to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops in Russia.

6 Nov 2024 - 4:55PM

Talent, toil and pleasing leader Kim bring North Korea’s women football glory

The country’s youth footballers’ two World Cups victories attributed to skill, fitness and even the political system.

6 Nov 2024 - 5:19PM

Starbucks serves up glimpses into North Korea with new café near the border

A new branch of the coffee shop chain will offer patrons rare glimpses across the North Korean frontier from Gimpo’s Jogang Observatory.

6 Nov 2024 - 9:00AM

How rise of Kim Jong-un’s daughter raises questions on North Korea’s leadership

Kim Jong-un’s daughter is emerging in the public eye, but her future leadership role in North Korea remains a mystery.

5 Nov 2024 - 9:18AMvideocam

About 2,000 more North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk: Pentagon

‘We think that the total number of DPRK forces in Russia … could be closer to around 11 to 12,000,’ a Pentagon spokesman said.

5 Nov 2024 - 5:24AMvideocam

US accuses Russia and China of ‘shamelessly’ shielding North Korea

UN ambassadors trade barbs over North Korea’s test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile last week.

5 Nov 2024 - 10:38AMvideocam

A North Korean Hwasong-19 missile being launched last week. Photo: KCNA via KNS / AFP

Ahead of US election, Asians see little difference in candidates’ policies

Many US plans for the region are baked in, analysts note, and won’t change regardless of whether Trump or Harris becomes president.

5 Nov 2024 - 10:38PMvideocam

Can Japan-China talks change course on North Korea’s alliance with Russia?

Meeting aims to address growing security challenges, but analysts say Beijing is unlikely to be able to influence Pyongyang’s actions.

4 Nov 2024 - 5:02PM

Open Questions | Thornton on US election and rivalry with China amid ‘politically sensitive’ time

‘It is all quite manageable’: former Trump-era official Susan Thornton says US-China competition is neither zero-sum nor existential.

4 Nov 2024 - 11:05AMvideocam

Ukraine attacks North Korea troops near Russia border, says official

‘The first North Korean troops have already come under fire in the Kursk region,’ a Ukrainian official said on the Telegram messaging platform.

4 Nov 2024 - 11:39PMvideocam

A Russian soldier aims from a bunker in the Kursk region of Russia. President Putin’s attack on Ukraine began in February 2022. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP

US nuclear bomber joins drills with S. Korea, Japan after Pyongyang missile test

South Korea’s military said the drills showed the resolve of the ROK and the US to strengthen their deterrence against North Korea.

3 Nov 2024 - 3:02PM

The US deployed a B-1B nuclear bomber in joint drills with South Korean and Japanese fighters following the North’s missile test last week. File photo: AFP

Opinion | North Korea’s missile test days before US election sends powerful message

No isolated act of aggression, the missile test was a calculated show of a strengthened alliance and a preview of mounting challenges.

3 Nov 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

North Korea says South’s president has raised risk of nuclear war

A white paper from Pyongyang lays the blame for tensions squarely with South Korea’s president.

3 Nov 2024 - 9:13AMvideocam

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North Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country in East Asia, located in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering South Korea and China. Its capital, Pyongyang, is the country's largest city by both land area and population. It is a single-party state led by the Korean Workers' Party (KWP), and governed by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un since 2012. It has a population of 24,052,231 (UN-assisted DPRK census 2008) made up of Koreans and a smaller Chinese minority. Japan 'opened' Korea in 1876 and annexed it in 1910. The Republic of Korea (ROK) was founded with US support in the south in August 1948 and the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north in September that year.

Capital

Pyongyang

Head of State

Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un

Head of Government

Premier Kim Tok-hun

last updated:

5 November, 2024