SEOUL (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in North Korea on Friday, North Korea's state media KCNA said on Saturday, the latest visit by a senior Russian official to the isolated state amid warming ties between the countries.

A mythical birthplace, a political symbol, and the site of one of history’s most powerful eruption. It's all hidden from the eyes of the world.

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.

Washington has said the treatment of Glavprodukt, the only U.S. company Moscow has seized, will influence a planned reset of U.S.-Russia relations.

The country's supreme leader Kim Jong-un has unveiled a mammoth new resort on North Korea's east coast, which can accommodate up to 20,000 guests, and who knows, in the future, you could be one of them.

S. Korea, U.S., Japan stage joint air drills A U.S. B-52H bomber, South Korea's KF-16 and Japan's F-2 fighters fly in formation over international waters off the southern South Korean island of Jeju on July 11,