Seoul, South Korea-- North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday.

There's a North Korean art scene flourishing beyond propaganda posters and far from the country's rigid borders — a scene that can be found in Florence, Italy, the cradle of the Renaissance.

North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service.

SEOUL, South Korea -- A former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016 put out a call to the governments of Italy, South Korea and the United States to help facilitate his former ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean diplomat who was until recently acting ambassador to Italy has gone missing, a South Korean member of parliament said on Thursday, after a South Korean newspaper ...

Italy sent this ship to Japan as part of a broader international mission to monitor activities that could be against the UN’s rules, particularly focusing on North Korea. Keeping an Eye on Sanctions ...

North Korea's midfielder Pak Doo Ik, second right, shoots past Italian goalkeeper Enrico Albertosi, left, to score the only goal of the game at Ayresome Park, Middlesborough, on July 19, 1966.

The 1966 World Cup in England was North Korea’s first, although it had participated as part of Japan at the first three events in the 1930s. Nobody expected much from the newbies as a standalone ...

Italy’s Foreign Ministry convened a meeting on North Korea in Rome last week, it said in a statement. Members of the Group of Seven countries, together with the European Union, South Korea and ...

What happens within North Korea’s soccer team has been kept a closely guarded secret since its creation at the end of World War II. Millions around the world caught a glimpse of the North Korean ...

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