The unarmed man was found in the central-west border section before being led to safety by South Korean troops.

A North Korean soldier killed two of his superiors Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed border in a rare crossing that prompted South Korean ...

A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un worries that without nuclear leverage, China could try to interfere in the internal affairs of his country. After the death if Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 ...

And he could see from the guard post he was manning the helicopters and vehicles moving on the other side. North Korea, once ahead of its southern rival, was beginning to lag behind.

Outside the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on July 15, the so-called “North Korean shopping street” was unusually busy. Around 10 small shops, with names like Kumsusan, Myohyangsan, and Botonggang, ...

A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12.

A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12, 2025.