North Koreans are "not interested" in entering the country, according to a commentary published by state media.

North Korea will send military builders and sappers to help restore Russia's western Kursk region after Ukraine's incursion, Russian news agencies cited Moscow's security chief as saying on

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North-South relations are at their most strained in decades amid Kim's frequent ballistic missile tests and North Korean troop deployments to support Russia's war against Ukraine.

Lee is easing tensions with North Korea by reversing his predecessor’s hardline approach. However, with Kim Jong-un uninterested in diplomacy and backed by Russia, prospects for peace remain slim.

A South Korean civic group representing families of abductees held in North Korea said it would halt the distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets if President Le

The two leaders agreed to beef up cooperation with US to respond to geopolitical risks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea 's military has ceased its loudspeaker broadcasts of anti- North Korea propaganda along the inter- Korean border, signalling a move towards easing tensions between the two nations.

State news agency RIA Novosti says North Korea to send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to Russia