The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean ...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, North Korea has reinforced its already stringent border controls, particularly along its northern frontier with China and Russia. The Pyongyang regime ...

China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.

Rason, which lies near the borders with China and Russia, became North Korea's first special economic zone in 1991. It has a separate visa regime and has been a testing ground for new economic ...

Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea’s border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Monday.

North Korea is said to be building what it called a "socialist utopia" in Samjiyon, a city near the Chinese border, that will include "a model of highly-civilized mountain city" with new ...

A new sign of discord has emerged in the ties between North Korea and China over Beijing's plan to install telecommunication facilities near its border, which analysts say could be a way for China ...

Koryo Tours published an announcement stating tourism to the city of Samjiyon, near the China-North Korea border, and potentially the rest of the country will resume, citing confirmation from its ...

State-led smuggling operations around Hyesan have been suspended for more than two weeks since they were halted in mid-May.

Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea's border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country's state media reported Monday.

North Korea has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said on Wednesday, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism ...