Americans In North Korea

A year ago, a school-age girl in a puffy white winter coat held her father's hand to stroll past a weapon designed to obliterate an American city, and set a new course for North Korea's propaganda apparatus.

American soldier Travis King has returned to the United States after being freed by North Korea, a Defense Department official said Thursday.

US soldier Travis King is in American custody after leaving North Korea, where he had been held since running across the border from the South in July, a US official said on Wednesday.

North Korea has claimed that American soldier Travis King crossed into its territory last month because of "racial discrimination" and "inhumane maltreatment" in the US Army.

A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Monday, only days after the first U.S. nuclear armed submarine made port in the country in four decades, as the two allies seek to boost American strategic assets to deter North Korea.

United States Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said on Thursday the U.S. was actively engaged in ensuring the return of an American soldier who had crossed into North Korea.

British American Tobacco has agreed to pay more than $600 million to settle charges it sold cigarette materials to North Korea for years in violation of US sanctions, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Meta was questioned by two US senators on Monday over the access to personal user information granted to developers in China and Russia that could be used for espionage. The letter sent to Meta said that even though Facebook has never been able to operate in China, nearly 90,000 developers had access to users' profile data, photos, and private mess...

US Air Force B-1B bombers landed in Guam this week in the long-range aircraft's second deployment to the island this year amid regional tension over Taiwan and the looming prospect of a new North Korean nuclear test.

US authorities have called out North Korea’s government for sponsoring cyberattacks on American blockchain firms. A joint advisory for platforms working in the domain has been issued by US’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, and the US Treasury. While warning North Korea against such cyberattacks, the US has suggested...

OpenSea NFT marketplace has restricted some users from accessing their accounts. OpenSea has claimed that it is adhering to US’ sanctions law in having to bar access from some locations. US’ sanctions list prohibits American companies from providing goods and services in some countries including Iran, North Korea, Syria, and now Russia. The pub...

Hyundai, the South Korean car manufacturer is currently working on the new generation Tucson SUV, which has been spotted doing rounds on the home soil. The SUV yet again has been spied testing in South Korean. The company is expected to launch the next-gen Tucson in the home market in August 2020. Apart from the Tucson, the carmaker will also be ma...

A US maritime patrol plane made a late-night flight over the Korean Peninsula, only hours after three American surveillance aircraft flew above the same area, it was reported on Friday.

Few Americans alive today have set foot inside North Korea, the isolated, nuclear-armed dictatorship sometimes called the Hermit Kingdom. On Sunday, Ivanka Trump became one of them, capping a consequential three-day Asian trip in which the president's eldest daughter played a very public role that blended family ties with diplomatic work that is us...

Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.

A year ago, a school-age girl in a puffy white winter coat held her father's hand to stroll past a weapon designed to obliterate an American city, and set a new course for North Korea's propaganda apparatus.

American soldier Travis King has returned to the United States after being freed by North Korea, a Defense Department official said Thursday.

US soldier Travis King is in American custody after leaving North Korea, where he had been held since running across the border from the South in July, a US official said on Wednesday.

North Korea has claimed that American soldier Travis King crossed into its territory last month because of "racial discrimination" and "inhumane maltreatment" in the US Army.

A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Monday, only days after the first U.S. nuclear armed submarine made port in the country in four decades, as the two allies seek to boost American strategic assets to deter North Korea.

United States Special Envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said on Thursday the U.S. was actively engaged in ensuring the return of an American soldier who had crossed into North Korea.

British American Tobacco has agreed to pay more than $600 million to settle charges it sold cigarette materials to North Korea for years in violation of US sanctions, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Meta was questioned by two US senators on Monday over the access to personal user information granted to developers in China and Russia that could be used for espionage. The letter sent to Meta said that even though Facebook has never been able to operate in China, nearly 90,000 developers had access to users' profile data, photos, and private mess...

US Air Force B-1B bombers landed in Guam this week in the long-range aircraft's second deployment to the island this year amid regional tension over Taiwan and the looming prospect of a new North Korean nuclear test.

US authorities have called out North Korea’s government for sponsoring cyberattacks on American blockchain firms. A joint advisory for platforms working in the domain has been issued by US’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, and the US Treasury. While warning North Korea against such cyberattacks, the US has suggested...

OpenSea NFT marketplace has restricted some users from accessing their accounts. OpenSea has claimed that it is adhering to US’ sanctions law in having to bar access from some locations. US’ sanctions list prohibits American companies from providing goods and services in some countries including Iran, North Korea, Syria, and now Russia. The pub...

Hyundai, the South Korean car manufacturer is currently working on the new generation Tucson SUV, which has been spotted doing rounds on the home soil. The SUV yet again has been spied testing in South Korean. The company is expected to launch the next-gen Tucson in the home market in August 2020. Apart from the Tucson, the carmaker will also be ma...

A US maritime patrol plane made a late-night flight over the Korean Peninsula, only hours after three American surveillance aircraft flew above the same area, it was reported on Friday.

Few Americans alive today have set foot inside North Korea, the isolated, nuclear-armed dictatorship sometimes called the Hermit Kingdom. On Sunday, Ivanka Trump became one of them, capping a consequential three-day Asian trip in which the president's eldest daughter played a very public role that blended family ties with diplomatic work that is us...

Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president.