North Korea has lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned that such remarks ...

A pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention – a ...

Even under heavy surveillance, defectors have taken to the skies to escape North Korea. In 1953, Lt. No Kum-sok flew a Soviet MiG-15 jet to Gimpo Air Base in South Korea, a story later chronicled ...

North Korea's state-run media called its southern neighbor a "fascistic dictatorship" and said its president declared martial law to escape a crisis.

It referred to Yoon as a "puppet" who proclaimed martial law "in a bid to escape from the worst ruling crisis." Kim Jong Un exerts near-total control over North Korea's population, using extensive ...

but North Korea argues the South Korean government cannot escape responsibility. In 2022, South Korea sent surveillance drones across the border into North Korea after it accused North Korea of ...

It is time to examine not only the effects and effectiveness of North Korean troops in combat, but the wider implications for ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...

North Korea is in a category of its own when it comes to human rights violations. It is a totalitarian state where tens of thousands of people are enslaved and tortured. All forms of freedom of ...