The nation’s ascent from a rogue state to a full-fledged atomic power means it may soon have a globally relevant deterrent.

Two brothers spent a decade plotting their escape from North Korea – an audacious plan conceived by their late father, whose ashes they carried as they crept toward a boat moored in the shadows. There were guards nearby,

The destructiveness of cluster munitions has been highlighted in the ongoing Iran war, with Israel accusing Iran of using such weapons to challenge the country’s stretched air defenses.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A new report by Transitional Justice Working Group maps executions across North Korea and details some of the most horrific punishments

North Korea has the capability to strike the U.S. mainland with intercontinental ballistic missiles, a senior U.S. defense official said.

Victor Cha, the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said on the 28th, “Denuclearization of North Korea has become a goal difficult to achieve in the short term,” and “The U.

In some of the most shocking cases, inmates were killed in secret 'indoor executions' using blunt weapons, while defectors said they witnessed the shooting of pregnant women.