Yu Hyuk was just nine years old when he started begging on the streets of North Hamgyong, one of the poorest provinces in ...

Dozens of officials in North Korea have been removed from their roles by Kim Jong-un after a drinking spree said to be ...

Korean cuisine has a complex history, from a 13th-century Mongol invasion to Japanese colonization in the 1900s. The story of ...

North Korean conscripted soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials — from bullets for ...

One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention – a ...

China has come to North Korea's aid yet again by providing vast amounts of food assistance and also 550,000 tons of fertilizer to help the reclusive and impoverished country recover from summer ...

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid ...