The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

North Korea rejects U.S. nuclear talks despite Washington's efforts

Threats posed by North Korea occupy the top two spots on a list of security risks in Northeast Asia this year, according to a survey of foreign policy and security experts from Japan, the United States, China and South Korea, conducted by Tokyo-based research institute The Genron NPO.

Travis King crossed the border into North Korea on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. service member to do so since 1982. A handful of American soldiers defected in the years after the Korean War.

North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles Amid Rising Tensions.

‘I assumed initially he had a mate filming him in some kind of really stupid prank or stunt, like a TikTok, the most stupid thing you could do’

Soldier, identified by US and Korean officials as Travis King, gave ‘out a loud “ha ha ha”’, member of tour group says

North Korea launched two missiles into waters off its east coast in a show of anger hours after the U.S. brought a submarine capable of firing nuclear ballistic missiles to a port in South Korea for the first time in about four decades.

North Korea detained a U.S. soldier who intentionally crossed the border from South Korea in an apparent effort to escape being sent home after being charged with assault, according to an American official.

The hermit kingdom has arrested a number of US nationals, with Travis King being the latest to be detained, writes Faiza Saqib

Sarah Leslie thought she was witnessing a stunt when she saw an American soldier start sprinting toward North Korea

King crossed into North Korea instead of boarding a plane to Texas where he could have faced military discipline.