SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft, satellite imagery showed, an asset that experts say will sharply bolster the country’s air force power when it’s deployed.

South Korea's humanitarian assistance to North Korea reached zero last year for the first time in nearly 30 years, amid Pyongyang's continued antagonistic stance toward Seoul, the unification ministry said Wednesday.

But analysts suggest Washington may be open to resuming talks with North Korea, with Moscow potentially playing the role of mediator.

SEOUL -- A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang's soldiers have been captured fighting against Ukraine because they're told their families will be executed if they are caught alive.

North Korea test-fired strategic cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea in a demonstration of Pyongyang's nuclear deterrent capabilities, state-run media said Friday.

Country could increase its arsenal of warheads to 300 within a decade as Russia repays Kim Jong-un for troops sent to fight against Ukraine

South Korea's humanitarian assistance to longtime rival North Korea reached zero last year for the first time in nearly 30 years as Pyongyang refused to accept aid.

The fresh deployment comes after North Korea suffered heavy casualties on the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the South’s spy agency says.

Pyongyang has accused the U.S. of "typical Yankee-style arrogance and shameless and gangster-like double-standards."

Behavior in this war, not just of Moscow and Kyiv but of other states as well, has been conditioned by Russia’s possession and Ukraine’s lack of weapons of mass destruction. Russia holds the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear warheads,