South Korea said its analysis indicated that North Korea used a newly developed solid-fuel booster and extended its missile flight time from 73 minutes last year to 87 minutes. Missiles with solid ...

and used thousands of foreign mercenaries, this would be the first time that a foreign country has lent its ground troops to the fight. Precisely what the North Koreans will be doing remains unclear.

If South Korea infringes on North Korean waters, airspace or territory one more time, a senior official in the secretive nation recently warned, an "immediate retaliatory attack will be launched." ...

Photo: str/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images WASHINGTON—The U.S. said thousands of North Korean troops are being trained in Russia and might be used to reinforce Moscow’s military offensive in ...

The North’s nuclear forces have been the focus of global concern. But its conventional military is vast and empowered — even if it is hobbled by shortages, corruption and isolation. By Choe ...

At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers arrived by ship earlier this month at the Russian port of Vladivostok and moved to several training sites in eastern Russia, according to a senior Biden ...

the first wave of what Ukraine and South Korea say will be 12,000 North Korean troops. The U.S. says it's not clear how they will be used. But they're believed to be special forces known as the ...

At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers arrived in eastern Russia this month, the White House said Wednesday, and while it remains unclear what exactly they will do, it is a “highly concerning ...

SEOUL, Oct 23 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of "strategic deterrence", while calling U.S. nuclear ...

In January, Russia used North Korean missiles to blitz Ukraine for the first time killing at least 50 people. At the end of last month, small North Korean tanks, named Bulsae-4, were even ...

China remains the North’s critical supplier of oil, and its major trading partner. And it has sometimes used that leverage to insist that Mr. Kim not create instability or conflict in Asia.