SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says that a "special envoy" for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China.

A senior Japanese official says Tokyo will stick with its policy of making its own overtures to North Korea on what it believes are abductions of its citizens, dismissing U.S. and South Korean concerns that the North may try to drive a wedge between the three allied nations.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling sentencing a man to a year and half in prison for exchanging emails with an alleged North Korean spy and praising Pyongyang on his website.Spokesman Lee Hyun-bok said Tuesday the court cited the National Security Law in its ruling earlier this month against a 45-year-old South Korean identified ...

North Korea launched another two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, marking the third straight day of firings, South Korea’s defense ministry said, Yonhap reported. Both appeared to be KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles, a ministry official said. “We are closely watching the movements of the North’s military in case of further launches,” he [...]The post North Korea Fires ...

North Korea on Monday continued to fire short-range projectiles from its east coast into the ocean, according to South Korean and US officials. The North Korean military has now launched six such weapons over the past three days.