North Korea is home to about 26 million people who are taught to worship their leaders as gods. The country is culturally and economically isolated as many suffer from malnutrition and poverty. Many ...

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 ...

At one point, a staff member handed the OP's girlfriend a flower to give to a performer on stage. "We watched the performance ...

North Korea’s military is using stories of soldiers who detonated themselves in the Russia-Ukraine war as indoctrination material.

Since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un came to power, Pyongyang has seen a steady advancement in the sophistication of ...

A British traveler recently went viral after documenting his unique experience as one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea in over half a decade. Mike O'Kennedy boasts more than half a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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