In recent years, photographers have captured everyday life in North Korea. The images give a rare glimpse into the completely isolated nation. Many are bleak, while others seem like they could have ...

In these swindles, con artists charge between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese yuan ($6,900 to $13,800) to learn whether the ...

Newsweek has created a map that highlights a sobering reality for parts of the United States: in dozens of U.S. counties, ...

Daily life in North Korea is unlike anything you could imagine. You have to see for yourself to believe. Check out today's ...

SEOUL — It is a dream that has been sacrosanct in South Korea for seven decades: reunification with North Korea. Which is why one politician’s comments this month were so jarring. “Reunification?

Andrei Lankov, The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia (New York: Oxford University Press), 304 pp., $27.95. NORTH KOREA is routinely described as unknowable—“the most ...

SEOUL, Aug 30 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised "a beautiful life" for the families of "martyrs" who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on ...

Matsegora became ambassador to Pyongyang in 2014. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The "hermit kingdom" of North Korea is coming out of isolation, finally welcoming Western tourists again, after sealing its borders at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, a limited number ...

For the first time since becoming supreme leader, North Korea's Kim Jong Un has installed a portrait of himself in a public building, alongside those of his predecessors. Photos released by state ...

Russia's ambassador to North Korea, who spent decades working in the reclusive state and recently oversaw a boom in ties ...