South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential power. The scrapping of the motion is expected to intensify public protests calling for Yoon’s ouster…
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the U.S. mainland, days ahead of the U.S. election. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the launch site, calling the launch…
Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the…
Ukraine‘s intelligence services have released audio of what they claim to be Russian troops complaining about the arrival of North Korean fighters and squabbling about how they will be equipped. In one recording, a pair of soldiers can be heard bellyaching about the so-called ‘K battalion’, referring to them as ‘f***ing Chinese’ and declaring one…
For many years, Kim Jong Un was roundly dismissed by many Western leaders as a serious threat to peace and stability on the world stage despite his sabre-rattling rhetoric and promises of nuclear confrontation. The chubby North Korean chief’s carefully staged photo ops with legions of fawning women and cringeworthy state media montages of him…
North Korea sends troops to Russia, U.S. says – CBS News Watch CBS News North Korea sent at least 3,000 troops to Russia in mid-October, the White House said Wednesday. This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that Ukraine had intelligence that North Korean soldiers were being prepared to fight in Ukraine….
