SEOUL (Reuters) -Torrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, while livestock were stranded up to the neck in rising ...

A delegation from Russia's emergency ministry arrived in Pyongyang for talks on potential cooperation in the fields of ...

The press service reiterated that in 2024, the Russian Emergencies Ministry and North Korea’s State Emergency Disaster Committee signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of reducing the ...

The Trump administration began firing more than 1,000 State Department employees on Friday, as it moves to downsize the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has set up a new ministry in charge of emergency disaster management in a bid to better respond to natural disasters, South Korea's unification ministry said ...

A North Korean military guard post, loudspeaker, top left, and South Korean army soldiers, bottom right, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on June 12.

SEOUL, South Korea — An unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas and is in South Korean custody, the South's military said Friday.

In June last year, North Korean troops crossed the border three times, prompting South Korea to fire warning shots. Experts suggested these crossings may have been accidental, occurring as North ...