A sign of the shifting outlook toward North Korea is the government’s desire to describe North Korea not as the South’s ‘main enemy’ but simply as

Special counsel prosecutors investigating former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s alleged abuse of power conducted sweeping raids on July 14, targeting military and security offices tied to covert drone missions into North Korea last year.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.

The development came Friday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was to travel to North Korea amid booming military and other cooperation between the two countries that have raised concerns among their neighbors.

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection through the fortified border.

The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military identified and tracked the individual near the central-west section of the military demarcation line and conducted a “guiding operation” before taking the person into custody Thursday night.