President Obama pledged Tuesday that the United States would defend South Korea after what the White House branded an outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor. Yet with its options limited, ...

SEOUL, South Korea – The highly anticipated summit Friday between the leaders of North and South Korea on the North's nuclear weapons opens an uncertain chapter in inter-Korean ties, which have been ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says the country is experiencing food shortages caused by recent natural disasters. Citing typhoons and flooding, Kim told the plenary meeting of the Workers’ Party of ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment ...

International relations scholar Robert Jervis recently told the Atlantic, “The basic thing about the security dilemma [is that] when it comes to their security, even normal states are a little ...

THE KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE — The “Do Not Cross” line here between North and South Korea has a prosaic feel to it: a concrete speed bump. The almost imperceptible hump, sitting between two blue ...

The Washington Post leads with an 11-senator Democratic-Republican bloc’s endorsement of the idea of a “trigger,” that is, of making tax cuts contingent on specified levels of debt reduction. The ...