Kim Tong-Hyung

FILE – A general view shows the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea on July 19, 2022. An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American—led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Photo via AP, File)

An American national has crossed into North Korea without authorization and has been detained

July 18, 2023 at 7:48 a.m.

The U.N. Command says an American national has crossed the border from South Korea into North Korea. The U.S. citizen was on a tour to the border village of Panmunjom...

Injuried people are helped at the street near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. South Korean officials said around 50 people were in cardiac arrest and a number feared dead after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea in shock, grief as 153 die in Halloween crowd surge

October 30, 2022 at 4:40 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans mourned and searched for relatives lost in the "hell-like” chaos that killed more than 150 people, mostly young adults, when a huge Halloween...

South Korean police officers stand guard at the scene in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing dozens of people and injuring dozens of others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Itaewon: An inclusive, multicultural hub hit with tragedy

October 30, 2022 at 6:50 a.m.

Itaewon, the neighborhood where at least 151 people were killed in a Halloween crowd surge, is Seoul’s most cosmopolitan district, a place where kebab stands and BBQ joints are as...

The president of Iran’s national Olympic committee (NOC) Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa answers a reporter’s question during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Khosravi Vafa claimed that competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended after competing in South Korea over the weekend without wearing her nation’s mandatory headscarf. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Iran鈥檚 Olympic chief claims no punishment coming for climber

October 20, 2022 at 7:52 a.m.

The president of Iran’s national Olympic committee has claimed that competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended after competing in South Korea over the weekend without wearing...

U.S., South Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North鈥檚 launches

June 6, 2022 at 5:15 a.m.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended...

U.S., South Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North Korea鈥檚 launches

June 5, 2022 at 9:24 p.m.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended...

Tea and infomercials: North Korea fights COVID with few tools

May 19, 2022 at 5:04 a.m.

On a recent nighttime visit to a drugstore, a double-masked Kim Jong Un lamented the slow delivery of medicine. Separately, the North Korean leader's lieutenants have quarantined hundreds of thousands...

North Korea boasts recovery as WHO worries over missing data

May 18, 2022 at 5:17 a.m.

North Korea on Wednesday added hundreds of thousands of infections to its growing pandemic caseload but also said that a million people have already recovered from suspected COVID-19 just a...

Kim blasts pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges

May 16, 2022 at 7:58 a.m.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to...

North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak

May 12, 2022 at 8:19 p.m.

North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of...

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