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North Korea, [c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), [d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. [e] The country's western border is ...
The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. The Soviet Union and the United States failed to agree on a way to unify the country, and in 1948, they established ...
North Korea is a signatory to the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of chemical weapons in warfare. North Korea is also a signatory to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). Although the nation has signed the BWC, it "has failed to provide a BWC Confidence-Building Measure declaration since 1990."
North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm U.S. and South Korean ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea criticised a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the United States held this month, state media said on Sunday, saying such drills show the relationship ...
North Korea has formal ties with 159 countries, but had only 53 diplomatic missions overseas, including three consulates and three representative offices, before it pulled out of Angola and Uganda ...
Kim Jong Un [c] [d] ( English: / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, - ˈuːn /; [2] Korean: 김정은; born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [e] is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. [f] He is the third son of Kim Jong Il, who was the second supreme ...
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior official, said the United States showed "extreme double standards" at this week's meeting of the U.N. Security ...