The CIA report, described by three officials to NBC News, lays out a series of incentives the U.S. and South Korea could offer North Korea to disarm, including infrastructure and agricultural aid.

CIA paramilitaries also pried open, and overhauled, the CIA’s own in-house contingency plans in case of war with North Korea — its “holiest of secret plans,” said the former senior official.

Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA North Korea analyst, said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un does not look healthy, based on footage of him meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians.

North Korea’s backing of Russia in the Ukraine war is paying off, with Pyongyang receiving technical and intelligence assistance as thanks, a former CIA official told Threat Status.

Ignoring the threat posed by North Korea, as happened at this year’s summit, undermines Euro-Atlantic security.

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has launched a new drive to hire potential spies in China, Iran, and North Korea after a similar successful campaign to recruit Russians. The agency posted ...

Back in November, a senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea — but we didn’t learn about it until this week. On Tuesday, South Korea’s spy agency confirmed a Chosun ...

WASHINGTON — The CIA wants to make it easier — and safer — for people in Iran, China and North Korea to share information with America's premier spy agency.

The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea. The organisation posted messages on its social media accounts in Mandarin, Farsi ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says has been a successful effort to enlist Russians.