North Korea has begun steps to arrest and investigate those responsible for a failed launch of its second naval destroyer this week.

North Korea began a full-scale investigation into an accident that damaged a new warship at its launch ceremony this week, state-run media reported Friday, with investigators vowing to punish those responsible.

South Korea hosts the third-largest number of American troops outside the U.S.—after Japan and Germany—stationed there to help defend Seoul against threats from nuclear-armed North Korea and support regional efforts to counter an increasingly assertive China.

North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un said a new naval destroyer was damaged in a "serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness."

But after just a few short weeks of visits, North Korea has once again closed its borders. What went wrong? In a word: YouTube. Western influencers rattle North Korean image. The

One escaped North Korea only to be sold to a Chinese man for less than US$300. Another was banished to the countryside aged 5.

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for gross human rights violations.

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