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'Like leaving another universe': North Korean defector describes being...
As a schoolgirl in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was forced to watch executions, denounce her friends for fabricated transgressions, and dig tunnels in case of a nuclear attack.But Lee and her classmates...
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North Korea's stunning new airport puts many American airports to shame
Last month, the North Korean capital of Pyongyang opened the doors to the country's newest airport terminal: Pyongyang Sunan International Airport. The new international terminal will replace the...
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Kim Jong-Un's tyrannical politics may be a result of an 'insecurity complex'
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un – to all appearances – may never have seemed so powerful.Mr. Kim has recently carried out a series of executions and purges of suspected enemies, and North Korea’s...
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South Korea's foreign minister: Kim Jong Un has executed 70 people in North...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's foreign minister says North Korea has staged 70 executions since current leader Kim Jong Un took power in late 2011.Yun Byung-se also said Thursday at a forum in...
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North Korea may have just shown us it can make huge amounts of biological...
North Korea might have just revealed that it has the capability to produce massive quantities of biological weapons.On June 6, a North Korean scientist defected to Finland with 15 gigabytes of...
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North Korea says it won't give up its nukes for a deal with the US
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is not interested in an Iran-like dialogue with the United States to give up its nuclear capabilities, the isolated country's foreign ministry said in a statement on...
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North Korean girl bands are performing socialist classics in seedy hotels on...
Hunchun (China) (AFP) - Like many Chinese hotels, the Kunlun International hotel has rock bottom prices. It also boasts rooms with round beds and dance poles, and an all-female North Korean rock band...
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Report: Russia's construction industry is using tens of thousands of North...
Tens of thousands of North Korean laborers are currently working in Russia’s construction industry in what human rights groups claim as a form of "slave labor," BBC reported late Tuesday. Most of the...
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New satellite images show North Korea upgrading its main missile launch site
WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction to upgrade North Korea's main rocket launch site now appears complete amid expectations in rival South Korea that a launch could take place in October, a US research...
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North Korea is creating its own time zone as a snub to Japan
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it will establish its own time zone next week by pulling back its current standard time by 30 minutes.Local time in North and South Korea and Japan is...
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North Korea reportedly executed its vice premier by firing squad after...
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's vice premier was executed by firing squad this year after showing discontent with the policies of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean media report said on...
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un had a bunch of special runways built just for him
SEOUL (Reuters) - His father was afraid to fly, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some...
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Military tensions between North and South Korea have reached 'dangerously...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing today, as military tensions with South Korea soared following a rare exchange of artillery shells across their heavily...
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North Korea actually apologized to South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) — North and South Korea reached an agreement early Tuesday after more than two days of talks to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided...
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North Korea has a crystal meth problem
We already know that North Korea has nuclear weapons, an insecure and possibly unstable leader, and a habit of lashing out with borderline-insane threats whenever it feels threatened. Now it has a...
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North Korea executed 3 people for watching South Korean soap operas
Three people were shot to death in North Korea last month when they were caught watching South Korean television dramas on their mobile phones, according to a report in the Daily North Korea, a...
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Top US admiral: North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear weapons at the US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US government believes North Korea has the capability to launch a nuclear weapon against the US homeland and stands ready to defend against any such attacks, a high-level US...
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A North Korea defector describes how she communicates with family still...
UBUD, Indonesia (Reuters) - The girl with seven names is finding it hard these days to contact relatives in Stalinist North Korea on the underground mobile phone link defectors have used for...
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North Koreans are apparently being ordered to copy Kim Jong Un's bizarre...
In the latest bizarre news to come out of North Korea, citizens are reportedly being ordered to replicate leader Kim Jong Un's "ambitious" hairstyle. According to the Chosun Ilbo, sources in Pyongyang...
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North Korea's latest missile test ended in failure
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea appeared to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test on Saturday but it ended in failure with no indication that the missile successfully ejected from the...
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