Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...

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The bad news is also that its success didn't go unnoticed.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol faces more criminal charges as prosecutors alleged Monday that he ordered drone flights over North Korea in a ...

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday fired a suspected short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang steps up its testing activity while ...