North Korea hates K-culture but loves blatantly copying Seoul’s trends as craze grows

From food to photo booths, Pyongyang is imitating South Korean culture through what analysts call ‘subjective adaptation’.

From Buldak ramen to photo booths: North Korea copies South Korean trends

Even as North Korea spent 2025 pushing a political strategy centered on ignoring South Korea, the country simultaneously ...

Nuclear submarine arms race heats up between North and South Korea

North Korea's state media released photos Thursday of what it said was the hull of a nuclear submarine. Its leader denounced ...

North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack ...

South Korea's ousted president Yoon plotted martial law to eliminate rivals, probe finds

South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate his ...