A North Korean man has defected to South Korea by crossing the heavily fortified and mined border between the two countries on foot, the South Korean military said Tuesday. Tens of thousands of ...

A U.S. national has been detained in North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea, the United Nations Command said on Tuesday, prompting efforts to resolve the issue ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP ... collapsed in 2019 amid wrangling over U.S.-led sanctions on North Korea. Tuesday’s border crossing happened amid high tensions over North Korea’s barrage ...

North Korea’s state media didn’t immediately report on the border crossing. Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to ...

Seoul, South Korea — South Korea's military fired ... The motive for Tuesday's border crossing by North Korean soldiers wasn't immediately clear. The 155-mile-long, 2.5-mile-wide DMZ is the ...

The 155-mile (248 km) long border between North and South Korea may not be the scene of daily exchanges of gunfire. But calling it a “demilitarized zone” is a misnomer: it is among the most ...

U.S. officials say an American detained after crossing the border from South Korea into North Korea was a U.S. soldier. There were no immediate details about how or why the soldier crossed the ...

South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border. It ...

South Korean troops fired warning shots at the Demilitarized Zone on Tuesday after 10 North Korean soldiers — some carrying weapons — were spotted crossing the border. Seoul was on high alert ...

North Korea's state media didn't immediately report on the border crossing. Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled ...