South Korea's political crisis began a month ago with the brief declaration of martial law. It's a recent example of power grabs in established democracies that holds lessons for other nations.

Any “us vs. them” dynamic can be dangerous for democracy. But when that divide centers on mutually exclusive visions of a ...

Hyunseung Lee and his family defected from North Korea in 2014 after a series of violent executions by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.

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Bulletin's associate editor for nuclear affairs, François Diaz-Maurin, provides his review of the nuclear year.

Beijing has yet to announce the closing ceremony for its "Year of Friendship" with Pyongyang, a possible signal of ...

Although the precise details of the arrangement have not been made public, there has been considerable media coverage of North Korea’s dispatch of combat troops to Russia to support Vladimir Putin’s ...

Fireworks displays are appearing in cities across the world to celebrate the arrival of 2025 in New Year's Eve celebrations.

Human rights groups urge South Korea to offer defection pathways for North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine, amid rising ...

Jimmy Carter , the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White ...

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The Carter Center said the 39th president died Sunday afternoon, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in ...