SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft, satellite imagery showed, an asset that experts say will sharply bolster the country’s air force power when it’s deployed.

The country has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism after five years of isolation.

An attack on South Korean reactors or spent fuel storage pools would release large amounts of radioactivity and cause massive evacuations, diverting attention from a possible strategic crisis in East Asia.

U.N. Security Council sanctions ban the use of North Korean labor, over concerns remittances fuel Kim Jong Un's nuclear and missile programs.

The American bomber was refueled on the ground with its engines still running, enabling it to quickly take off again.

A report says a fleet of Chinese fishing vessels used North Korean crews in violation of U.N. bans and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years.

In February 2024, North Korea accepted about 100 Russian tourists, the first foreign nationals to visit the country for sightseeing. That surprised many observers, who thought the first post-pandemic tourists would come from China, North Korea’s biggest ...

Visitors were taken to Rason, in the country’s special economic zone, on a five-day trip organised by Beijing-based Koryo Tours.