The arms race between North and South Korea has expanded underwater as the North ​on Thursday condemned the South’s plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine as a security threat and unveiled​ the completed hull of

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of New Year's Day, calling the two countries' relations a "precious common asset," the North's state media said Saturday.

SEOUL: Russia's President Vladimir Putin touted an "invincible friendship" with North Korea in a New Year letter to leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Thursday (Dec 25).In the message, received in Pyongyang last week,

Kim Jong Un inaugurates a luxury mountain resort in Samjiyon, projecting prosperity even as North Korea struggles with poverty and hunger.

Kim Byung-yeon, a distinguished professor in the Department of Economics at Seoul National University, said on the 22nd, “A ‘hidden battle’ is unfolding between the North Korean regime and the markets it seeks to control.