Looking ahead to 2026, Jeong said it would be difficult to expect major breakthroughs such as a U.S.-North Korea summit. He said Washington's stated goal of denuclearization and North Korea's negotiating conditions make a sudden turn toward dialogue unlikely, while the United States may continue relying on sanctions to pressure Pyongyang.

The return of U.S. B-1B “Bone” bombers to Guam has revived one of the most visible symbols of American power in the Pacific, and North Korea has taken notice. By pairing long-range strike aircraft with a forward island base that sits astride key sea lanes,

In Kim Jong-un’s public grief for fallen mine-clearers, observers see a strategic play to lock in a role in Russia’s post-war rebuilding.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the country’s biggest political conferences meant to lay out new state priorities

Kim has been presiding over a key party meeting this week as the country prepares for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said regular joint military drills with the US could be reviewed in order to facilitate dialogue with North Korea, in his latest olive branch to Pyongyang as he seeks to reduce tensions with the nuclear-armed neighbor.

U.S. President Donald Trump's new global security roadmap has dropped any reference to denuclearising North Korea as a goal, fuelling speculation that Washington may be angling to boost the chances of a diplomatic breakthrough with Pyongyang in 2026.

North Korea-linked attackers exploit CVE-2025-55182 to deploy EtherRAT, a smart-contract-based RAT with multi-stage persistence.

South Korea and the United States held talks Tuesday to coordinate their North Korea policy, officials said, an effort that appears clouded by discord between relevant ministries in Seoul.