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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 ...
Kim Jong Un [c] [d] ( English: / ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, - ˈuːn /; [2] 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 leader of North Korea ...
North Korea will not seek outside help to recover from floods that devastated areas near the country’s border with China, leader Kim Jong Un said as he ordered officials to bring thousands of ...
Some 80 percent of North Korea's land area is composed of mountains and uplands, with all of the peninsula's mountains with elevations of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) or more located in North Korea. The great majority of the population lives in the plains and lowlands. Paektu Mountain, the highest point in North Korea at 2,743 metres (8,999 ft), is ...
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 ...
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 ...
North Korea is a signatory to the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of chemical weapons in warfare. [181] North Korea is also a signatory to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). [7] Although the nation has signed the BWC, it "has failed to provide a BWC Confidence-Building Measure declaration since 1990."