https://www.voanews.com Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.voanews.com/Content/responsive/VOA/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.voanews.com en 2026 - VOA 60 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:29:11 -0400 Pangea CMS – VOA United Nations Special Rapporteur Elizabeth Salmón has issued a stark warning regarding the worsening human rights situation in North Korea, highlighting an alarming expansion in the scope and application of the death penalty as a tool for social, political, and ideological control. https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea---special-rapporteur/8212112.html https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea---special-rapporteur/8212112.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:20:56 -0400 VOA Koreanwebdesk@voanews.com (Young Gyo Kim, Sangjin Cho) The U.S.-led United Nations Command this week determined that North Korea violated the 1953 armistice agreement with South Korea, after landmine explosions injured three South Korean soldiers inside the Demilitarized Zone. https://www.voanews.com/a/why-a-mine-blast-in-demilitarized-zone-fuels-tensions-between-the-koreas/8208678.html https://www.voanews.com/a/why-a-mine-blast-in-demilitarized-zone-fuels-tensions-between-the-koreas/8208678.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:49:39 -0400 VOA Koreanwebdesk@voanews.com (Joeun Lee, Sangjin Cho) Editor's note: this story was translated from the original VOA Korean article. What is WaterPlum? The name that seven intelligence and law enforcement agencies from the United States, Japan, Australia and Germany use for this North Korean hacking group in a joint warning. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3); Japan’s National Police Agency and National Cybersecurity Office; the Australian Cyber Security Centre; and... https://www.voanews.com/a/waterplum-fake-job-interviews/8207210.html https://www.voanews.com/a/waterplum-fake-job-interviews/8207210.html Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:56:38 -0400 VOA Koreanwebdesk@voanews.com (Sangjin Cho)