In his Liberation Day address, President Lee Jae Myung departed from the long tradition of framing the national destiny around reunification of Korea..

Ahn Hak-sop (center), a former North Korean soldier, speaks to a police officer as he walks towards a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, in the border city of Paju on Aug. 20. (Photo: AFP)

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised "heroic" North Korean troops who fought for Russia in the war against Ukraine, in a meeting with officers of the army's overseas operation, state media KCNA said on Thursday.

Shenghua Wen, 42, received around $2 million (€1.7 million) from North Korean officials to ship firearms and ammunition from California.View on euronews

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The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang has held a reception marking the 80th anniversary of what China observes as its victory over Japan in World War II, with senior North Korean officials in attendance, the North's state media reported Thursday.

Former party leader Cho Kuk officially rejoined the Rebuilding Korea Party on Thursday, party officials said. The party named him head of its think tank, the Institute for Policy Innovation, immediately upon his release from prison.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the treatment of Korean women forced to work in its military brothels.