Bella Seo, who fled North Korea when she was a teenager, has given a chilling account of what school life is like in the ...

Residents of Hyesan in North Korea's Ryanggang province are facing intensified inspections of their electricity usage.

In the late 1990s, after a devastating famine shattered North Korea’s central planning, the border city of Hyesan quietly began to thrive. Located just across a narrow river from China ...

The 491-mile river forms a natural border between North Korea and China. Photograph by Elijah Hurwitz Steam rises over Hyesan, North Korea, as seen from Changbai, China. Photograph by Elijah ...

Bella Seo, 23, has revealed the harsh routine in North Korean schools after fleeing the country, which included "extremely ...

North Korea is facing an army recruitment crisis ... even if we don't know how many casualties there are," one source from Hyesan told ASIAPRESS. Spring is traditionally the time of year when ...