North Korean children celebrated International Children's Day on June 1 with vibrant festivities at Pyongyang's Taesongsan ...

A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea has shed light on just how deeply the regime under Kim Jong Un controls its citizens ...

South Korean slang words are banned in North Korea - and the smartphone even takes an undetected screenshot every five ...

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of Kim Jong Un, has earned the title of "co-dictator" of North Korea. A new biography by Sung-Yoon Lee reveals her influence on politics and brutal methods of operation. What ...

Two Years in North Korea, Fragkiska Megaloudi offers a rare and quietly powerful account that brings readers far beyond the ...

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Kim Jong Un pledged to deepen North Korea’s deterrent posture across air, land, and increasingly sea-based platforms, ...

A young woman who escaped the clutches of North Korea has revealed what life is like for children inside the dictatorship's brutal schools. Bella Seo - who fled the dystopian country when she was ...

“Now, North Korea is more isolated and restrictive than ever.” It is impossible to know exactly what is going on inside the totalitarian and reclusive state, let alone grasp a full picture of ...

The Kremlin sent North Korea an advanced air defence system in exchange for thousands of troops that battled Ukrainian forces ...

John-Paul Thorbjornsen, a former Australian Air Force pilot turned crypto entrepreneur, has spent recent weeks promoting his new crypto wallet, "Vultisig." Built on THORChain — a blockchain he ...