Like many poor countries, North Korea, where such problems are endemic, is least able to cope with climate change impacts. These weaknesses include food insecurity, energy shortages, economic ...

North Korea showed interest in combating climate change, official says North Korean delegates who attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 21, showed a great deal of interest ...

In April, South Korean troops fired warning shots to repel about 10 North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the military ...

North Korea's agricultural sector has long been mismanaged, but climate change is now making the situation much worse. Over the past year, North Korea has seen record summer temperatures, severe ...

Secretive North Korea gave a rare look inside one of its uranium facilities after Kim Jong Un’s visit last year ...

North Korea has accused U.S. military and environmental policies of causing climate change and producing pollution around the world. In a scathing report cited Friday by North Korea's official ...

US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has been criticized by major global powers – and now North Korea is getting in on the act.

Kim Jong Un pointed to "abnormal climate" as a reason for North Korea's crises. The country has been shaken by repeated floods, a food crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Korea is thought to have anywhere between 10 and 60 nuclear weapons, not all of which are operational. However, once started, nuclear wars can spiral out of control.

North Korea, suffering from climate change and its own refusal of foreign aid, is threatened by food shortages. Flooding at the end of July and fears of further rain and above-average temperatures ...