UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, was sent back from China and fled a second time, told the United Nations on Tuesday that the country’s leader must be held accountable for gross human rights violations.

North Korea is in its "strongest strategic position in decades," the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said in a new assessment.

The release of the videos follows Pyongyang’s recent admission that North Korean soldiers were fighting for Russia in the war with Ukraine. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin Pool/Zuma Press and ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the country's air force drills and emphasized the need to intensify war preparation, according to state media. Kim inspected anti-aircraft combat and air ...