South Korea's president called for deeper security cooperation with the U.S. and Japan to address North Korea's nuclear threat, saying Tuesday that his upcoming summit with the U.S. and Japanese leaders at Camp David will "set a new milestone in trilateral cooperation."
A rare trip by Russia's defense minister to North Korea last week is not a sign of a flourishing alliance but the latest indication of the Kremlin's mounting desperation over the course of its war in Ukraine, U.S. officials say.
The 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War was commemorated on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone Thursday, but the deep divisions on the peninsula were evident in the very different ways North and South Korea marked the milestone.
A senior officer with the UN Command said Monday officials have made their first contact with North Korea over the status of a deserting American soldier who dashed across the border into the North last week.