Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov visited North Korea on Saturday, and warned the United States, South Korea, and Japan against forming a securi.

The fishermen’s boats had drifted into South Korean waters, officials said. The South’s new president has been trying to improve ties with North Korea.

Thus far, however, he has said comparatively little about the growing strength of the Kim regime in North Korea, leading some analysts to suggest the administration is neglecting one of the most critical security issues in Asia.

A mythical birthplace, a political symbol, and the site of one of history’s most powerful eruption. It's all hidden from the eyes of the world.

The Wonsan Kalma resort was opened in a grand ceremony last month by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, who hailed it as a "world-class tourist and cultural destination". The details of how this resort was built have been shrouded in secrecy in a country largely closed to the outside world.

Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only U.S. company Moscow has seized, will influence a planned reset of U.S.-Russia relations.

S. Korea, U.S., Japan stage joint air drills A U.S. B-52H bomber, South Korea's KF-16 and Japan's F-2 fighters fly in formation over international waters off the southern South Korean island of Jeju on July 11,