The North Korean government engages in unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade, which includes species protected under its ...

He says North Korea got into ostrich farming during the famine in the 1990s when between 500,000 and two million North Koreans are thought to have died from starvation. North Korea continues to suffer ...

Kang is among the cohort of North Koreans who grew up after the famine, learning to navigate capitalism and access products from China and South Korea — including TV shows and movies that opened ...

But observers have seen no indication of mass deaths or famine in North Korea, though its food shortage has likely deepened due to pandemic-related curbs, persistent international sanctions and ...

Researchers found the North Korean state itself is implicated in, and actively profiting from, harvesting and trade of ...

North Korea faces renewed fears of collapse as reports of famine, starvation, and internal unrest grow. This documentary examines how the regime’s extreme border closures, economic mismanagement ...

The North Korean government engages in unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade, which includes species protected under its own laws and poses a ...