The U.N. has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside information and subsequent ...

including a few cases of execution by firing squad, the report noted, quoting the interviewees. The OHCHR said its work appears to be known inside North Korea, citing sources informing that ...

The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week. ------------ U.N. report accuses N. Korea of home searches, execution by firing squad for possessing outside info SEOUL -- A ...

A UN office has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their country's heightened ...

Kwak Jong-keun, former chief of the Army Special Warfare Command, answers a question from a lawmaker at the National Assembly ...

faced a firing squad sent by General Francisco Franco. While she hardly knew him, receiving his remains 85 years later has brought some comfort. The remains of 18 people executed by soldiers and ...

Labor Minister Kim Moon-soo is emerging as an unexpected presidential contender among the nation's conservatives, a development that has surprised both the ruling and opposition parties.