North Korea is carrying out arbitrary punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday says.

North Koreans caught watching South Korean television shows face punishments including public humiliation, labor camps, and execution.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said North Korea continues to produce nuclear material at a pace that could allow it to add up to 20 nuclear weapons a year, underscoring concerns that Pyongyang has no intention of slowing its nuclear program.

North Korean soldiers were seen practicing marching formations in preparation for a possible parade ahead of the country's Ninth Party Congress, according to a new report.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress.

North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Tuesday, according to its neighbors, as the North heightens animosities with rival South Korea ahead of a major political meeting.

Television producer Kim Young-mi said Tuesday she chose not to blur the faces of North Korean prisoners of war featured in a recent broadcast.

If a situation arises in which Trump were to offer sweeping concessions to North Korea, there may be no one left to apply the brakes.

North Korea fired what appeared to be ballistic missiles off its east coast days after the US released a new defense strategy signaling a reduction in American military support to deter Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.

North Korea struck a maritime target Tuesday during the test firing of an upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher system, state media reported. State media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday that North Korea’s Missile Administration conducted a test firing to verify the effectiveness of the large caliber MRLS,

Amnesty International reports that North Koreans risk public execution, imprisonment, or forced labour for consuming South Korean media, with punishments harsher for the poor and powerless.