You didn’t come to America until your late 20s. Talk a little bit about what it was like for you growing up in North Korea. Lee: When I was in North Korea, I saw my life as just an ordinary citizen.

‘Frontline’ review: ‘North Korea’s Deadly Dictator’ provides a timely look at regime of King Jong-un and plays like a political thriller ...

Kim Jong-un. Photo / AP. The North Korean dictator might be one of the most famous men on the planet, but few details of his private life existed — until recently.

Kim Jong Un's house: Kim Jong Un, the third Supreme Leader of North Korea since December 2011, is one of the most protected heads of states. According t reports, he has more than 10 secret houses ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sokeel Park of the refugee assistance group Liberty in North Korea about everyday life for North Koreans. The few pictures we see of North Korea are meant to impress ...

People in South Korea's capital watch a report about a North Korean missile launch on September 15, 2017. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) February 28, 2019. by. Priyanka Boghani.

As the author recalls, Fujimoto Kenji—the Kim family’s sushi chef until he fled in 2001—may have been the only person outside North Korea to be on the record as having foreseen Kim Jong Un ...

Kim Jong Un has unveiled North Korea's glitzy new beach resort, touring the development with his wife and daughter, in what is a rare appearance for the dictator's spouse.. The hermit kingdom ...

The horrific brutality of life in North Korea is laid bare in a UN report, which describes how the state maintains a climate of fear through executions, enforced disappearances and starvation.

North Korea's regime vowed to take up its "toughest" policies against the U.S. at a meeting of the country's ruling party last week. The Dec. 23-27 meeting featured top members of the Workers ...

“If we give up reunification, the conflict between North and South Korea will grow even more bitter and the security threat on the peninsula will only grow,” President Yoon said in response to ...

North Korea’s quest for a nuclear weapon can be traced back decades to the Korean War. ... Kim Il-sung — the founding dictator of North Korea, who ruled for more than four decades — died.