North Korean defectors underscored that human rights weren’t an abstract ideal but the ability to speak, make choices and ...

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

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Installation view of Made in North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK at House of Illustration (image courtesy the House of Illustration) LONDON — Made in North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the ...

The Canadian pastor who released from a North Korean prison camp has recounted the privations he suffered during two and a half years of hard labor. Wearing a dark suit, with his hair cropped short, ...

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Nov 07, 2025, 08:18am EST A North Korean defector makes new ...

A South Korean scholar has turned to a different way of collecting information about secretive North Korea as pandemic restrictions make it harder for outsiders to find out what's life like for North ...

LOS ANGELES -- Mark Harris has traveled to North Korea 10 times since 2005, making the trips as a tourist and as a photojournalist. RELATED: ABC News exclusive: Inside look at North Korea The Southern ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Seong-Min, a prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public ...

At the Fifth East Asian Forum for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tokyo, participants emphasized that abolishing capital punishment is crucial for protecting human dignity, calling it “state ...