Pyongyang blasted the U.S. "provocations," including last week's ICBM test-launch and a nuclear submarine's port call at Busan, South Korea.

A report says a fleet of Chinese distant-water fishing vessels used North Korean crews in violation of U.N. bans and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years.

ChatGPT owner OpenAI has removed user accounts in China and North Korea over alleged misuse of the technology to build surveillance tools and to influence public opinion.

South Korea's parliament speaker became the latest target of baseless pro-communist allegations as President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial wraps up. Supporters of the impeached leader -- who claimed threats of communist infiltration when he declared his short-lived martial law -- alleged Woo Won-shik was pictured wearing a Chinese Communist Party pin.

(Reuters) - OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea who the artificial intelligence company believes were using its technology for malicious purposes including surveillance and opinion-influence operations, the ChatGPT maker said on Friday.

China, Russia and North Korea have formed a “triangle of troublemakers” that threatens to transform the Pacific region, a senior US commander has warned, even as President Donald Trump seeks warmer ties with two of those adversaries.

Justin Martell recently became the first known American to step foot inside the secretive nation since the onset of the pandemic more than five years ago.

OpenAI removed user accounts in China and North Korea linked to using ChatGPT for malicious activities, including surveillance and fraud.

The White House in January said that the " complete denuclearization " of North Korea remains President Donald Trump 's priority. However, Kim Jong Un, the North's leader, refused to give up his nuclear weapons and vowed to expand the nation's nuclear arsenal.