British American Tobacco (BAT), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of tobacco products, will pay more than $635 million in fines to resolve bank fraud and sanctions violations charges brought by the U.S. government after a subsidiary of the company admitted to selling tobacco products to North Korea. The agreement to defer prosecution was announced…

North Korea’s leader has ordered that the launch of his country’s first military spy satellite proceed “as planned” to ensure its military effectiveness amid regional tensions, the state-run media reported on April 19. During his visit to the North’s aerospace agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country’s military reconnaissance satellite had been…

North Korea’s 40-minute test launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on April 13 caused evacuations on Japan’s Hokkaido Island, and analysts to sound the alarm that the new missile would make it easier for the regime to launch a nuclear attack. The launch off North Korea’s east coast into the Sea of Japan…

North Korea’s 40-minute test launch of a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile on April 13 caused evacuations on Japan’s Hokkaido Island, and analysts to sound the alarm that the new missile would make it easier for the regime to launch a nuclear attack. The launch off North Korea’s east coast into the Sea of Japan…

North Korea has claimed it tested a new type of nuclear-capable underwater drone this week to assess the weapon’s “fatal attack ability.” State-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Saturday that a “Haeil-2” drone was deployed off the coast of South Hamgyong province on April 4 and reached the target in the waters off…

Former President Donald Trump is set to release 150 private letters sent to him from an array of high-profile political figures and celebrities including former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and Oprah Winfrey. The letters will be published in Trump’s new book, titled “Letters to Trump,” which will be released on April 25, according to the book’s…

South Korea on Friday unveiled a plan for reunification with North Korea, which includes efforts to provide North Korea with humanitarian aid, in a bid to revive stalled denuclearization talks amid flaring tensions between the two rivals. The South Korean Ministry of Unification presented a report to President Yoon Suk-yeol on its plans and prospects…

SEOUL—North Korea has sacked Pak Jong Chon, the second most powerful military official after leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported. Pak, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers’ Party and a secretary of the party’s Central Committee, was replaced by Ri Yong Gil at the committee’s annual meeting last week,…

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un unveiled new goals to further bolster his regime’s military in 2023 during a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Dec. 27, state media reported on Wednesday. The Sixth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the party’s 8th Central Committee came as tensions between the two Koreas are nearing boiling point after multiple North Korean…

South Korea’s president on Monday urged China to use its influence to stop North Korea from conducting a nuclear test, warning that failure to do so would result in an influx of military assets in the region. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said that North Korea’s missile provocations caused Japan to increase its defense spending…