The North Korean army is facing a wave of desertions. The scale of the problem is most evident from the decision to increase ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of the death penalty but placed new restrictions on its application.

The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

North Korea has executed two women who were helping fellow citizens to defect from the country after they were captured and ...

Amid the escalating tensions, a trash balloon sent by North Korea to South Korea on Sunday (Sep 15) landed on a building ...