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North Korea has yet to report a single case of COVID-19, but outside experts widely doubt it escaped the illness that had touched nearly every other place in the world.
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North Korea is trying to purge foreign cultural influences, including South Korean variations on the language that the two countries share. Experts say controlling language is an uphill battle.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet with President Biden on Friday. He sees this year as representing "the last opportunity to move from an incomplete peace toward one that is irreversible."
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President Biden says he's open to diplomatic talks with North Korea. Former presidents have failed to make any significant progress toward North Korea giving up its nuclear weapons.
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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States still hopes to see complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but that diplomatic talks could boost security in the region.
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Kim Jong Un calls for the country to prepare for another "arduous march" — using a phrase that has come to describe the disastrous and prolonged food shortages of the '90s.
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Pyongyang will skip the games, shattering South Korea's hopes that the games might revive stalled peace talks between the bitter rivals.
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The trip showed different policy approaches between the U.S. and allies such as South Korea and Japan to two big issues: North Korea's growing nuclear arsenal and China's growing assertiveness.
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A South Korean human rights group sheds light on how North Korean prison camps help the country support its military operations through "mafia-type" tactics.