Looking ahead to 2026, Jeong said it would be difficult to expect major breakthroughs such as a U.S.-North Korea summit. He said Washington's stated goal of denuclearization and North Korea's negotiating conditions make a sudden turn toward dialogue unlikely, while the United States may continue relying on sanctions to pressure Pyongyang.

In Kim Jong-un’s public grief for fallen mine-clearers, observers see a strategic play to lock in a role in Russia’s post-war rebuilding.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the country’s biggest political conferences meant to lay out new state priorities

Kim has been presiding over a key party meeting this week as the country prepares for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended the completion ceremony of the Pyongyang Gangdong County Local Industrial Factory and Comprehensive Service Center on the 15th, tasting food products at the food factory.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said regular joint military drills with the US could be reviewed in order to facilitate dialogue with North Korea, in his latest olive branch to Pyongyang as he seeks to reduce tensions with the nuclear-armed neighbor.

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

North Korea fired 10 artillery rounds from a multiple rocket launcher, Seoul's military said Wednesday, as Pyongyang opened a key policy meeting of ruling party officials.

North Korea-linked attackers exploit CVE-2025-55182 to deploy EtherRAT, a smart-contract-based RAT with multi-stage persistence.

For years, North Korea tested its nuclear weapons deep inside Mount Mantap. Each underground explosion fractured the rock, hollowed out tunnels, and weakened the mountain’s structure. Seismic data now suggests the site may be close to structural failure.