North Korea’s strict and often brutal legal system has ensnared numerous Americans over the years. What may seem like minor infractions in other countries (stealing a poster, crossing a river, or ...

Executive order sets sanctions, travel bans and export controls on states accused of "wrongful detention" of US citizens.

US President Donald Trump moved Friday to create a blacklist of countries that Washington says unjustly detain Americans, ...

The total number of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained was at least 54 across 17 countries, according to the Foley ...

China has stated that it “firmly opposes” a move by United States President Donald Trump to create a new blacklist of countries accused of unjustly detaining ...

China opposes the US blacklist plan. Donald Trump wants to punish nations for detaining Americans. China, Iran, and ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said his country was committed to de-escalating tensions with North Korea as part of an ...

Sept. 28, 2017: Otto Warmbier’s post-mortem report provides more details on his condition at time of death (article) Dec. 24, ...

According to a 2025 assessment by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Kim views nuclear weapons as a ...

When North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un stepped off his armored train in Beijing to attend celebrations marking 80 years since the end of WWII in Asia, his young daughter Kim Ju Ae surprised the cameras ...

Kim Jong Un visited the factory, which is key for accelerating mass production of missiles, before his expected departure for ...