and eventually pleaded guilty to one instance of assault and destroying public property for damaging a police car during a profanity-laced tirade against Koreans.

according to Japanese and South Korean media.South Koreas spy agency told lawmakers that North Korea is preparing to further reopen its border gradually as part of its efforts to revitalize its struggling economy.

They reportedly arrived Wednesday or Thursday.How badly North Koreans were affected by the illness is unknown.one of the lawmakers who attended the briefing.

Most of the countrys 26 million people have no access to vaccines.Turk said North Koreas restrictions are even more extensive.

AP-YonhapNorth Korea appears to have cracked open its borders in the first significant way since they were shut at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.

with some reported to be starving as the economic situation worsens.Security Council discussed human rights abuses in North Korea.

North Korea said Wednesday that an American soldier.President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David.

For decades Pyongyang has highlighted racial discrimination in the United States as what it calls an example of Washingtons hypocrisy.state media KCNA reported Saturday.