North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to lift living standards as he opened a landmark congress, state media said Friday, ...

North Korea's ruling party has opened a landmark congress, state media said Friday, launching a political spectacle expected ...

GIMPO, South Korea — North Korea is right there. Standing on the observation deck at Aegibong Peace Ecopark, holding cups of coffee from the brand new Starbucks behind them, visitors gaze across the ...

Jan. 27 (Asia Today) --As North Korea approaches its ninth Workers' Party Congress, analysts say leader Kim Jong Un has sharply altered his pattern of on-site inspections, shifting from symbolic ...

Humans can produce endlessly new sentences, but the mental structures that make this possible may be simpler than long assumed. New research suggests that language relies not only on complex ...

The brain’s “little brain” may hold big promise for people with language trouble. Tucked into the base of the brain, the fist-sized cerebellum is most known for its role in movement, posture and ...

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have replaced the chemical industry minister, according to state media Wednesday, as leader Kim Jong-un is dialing up discipline among officials ahead ...

Comedian Nam Bo-won (real name Kim Deok-yong, 1936–2020) visited Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 21, 1985, as a member of a South Korean art performance troupe. He arrived through the ...

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TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...