Apr 21, 2020 · The totalitarian nation of North Korea, ruled by its supreme leader Kim Jong Un, has unusual laws such as ban on listening to foreign music, wearing jeans, or women driving, that may lead to one’s execution.

Apr 28, 2020 · Kim Jong Un has long fought to present the hermit kingdom as a bastion of military might, but the reality of daily life in North Korea is grim.

Mar 2, 2025 · North Korea carefully curates its image to the outside world, with official photographs released by the dynastic Kim family, which has ruled the country with an iron fist since 1948. 4.

Aug 23, 2020 · North Korea’s propaganda machine could never be accused of being ahead of the curve. But there are signs of change signalling a new, more modern approach.

Jun 11, 2024 · North Korea views frontline South Korean broadcasts and civilian leafleting campaigns as a grave provocation as it bans access to foreign news for most of its 26 million people.

2 days ago · Images captured the DPRK’s biggest moments, from Kim Jong Un’s joy ride with Putin to a new ICBM and Olympic success. Symbols of inter-Korean unity have long been pervasive in the DPRK, from stamps and street names to the Mass Games. A defector shares stories behind images of Hamhung and explains why a photo of a city street brought him to tears.

5 days ago · “As with many things in North Korea, no reason may ever be given; obfuscation is the norm,” he says. Perhaps Rasco has a solution when she suggests Turkmenistan as the closest alternative to visiting North Korea. “I’ve visited all 195 countries on the planet and it was the most similar to DPRK,” she says. “It’s another repressive ...

May 21, 2024 · Documentary photographer Tariq Zaidi was lucky to be one of the very few non-Chinese tourists to visit North Korea.

North Korea ranks among some of the most extreme censorship in the world, with the government able to take strict control over communications. North Korea sits at one of the lowest places of Reporters Without Borders' 2024 Press Freedom Index, [1] ranking 177 out of the 180 countries investigated.. All media outlets are owned and controlled by the North Korean government.

Jun 28, 2024 · North Korea is carrying out a widespread crackdown on everything from wedding dresses to slang as it seeks to counter the South's influence, a new report has revealed. The report - released by...