(New York) – The North Korean government continues to require forced, uncompensated labor from workers, including even schoolchildren and university students, Human Rights Watch said today. In ...

In truth, North Korea's once fully communist system was already cracked open back in the 1990s, fueled by famine and by the loss of Soviet support. And today, the black market flourishes on scales ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led the 12th plenary session of the ruling Workers' Party, focusing on enhancing the national ...

North Korea would be possibly getting anywhere between $320 million to $1.3 billion annually from Russia for sending its troops to Ukraine, considering the scale of the dispatch and the level of ...

In North Korea, the relentless rise in the exchange rates of foreign currencies, coupled with surging food prices, paints a bleak picture of an economy on the brink of collapse.

Tightened border controls introduced to curb COVID-19 are still strangling North Korea’s economic activity and informal trade networks more than 18 months after leader Kim Jong Un declared ...

North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ... reestablish economic ties with key partners like China and Russia, ... and card payment system.

World powers continue to punish North Korea with economic sanctions, ... such as its 2014 breach of Sony’s computer systems and 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack; human rights violations; ...

Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, rejected Seoul's proposal of economic assistance in exchange for denuclearization on Friday, calling it "the height of absurdity." ...

North Korea Says it Tested Cruise Missile System and Vows 'Toughest' Response to US. ... The Trump-Kim diplomacy in 2018-19 fell apart due to wrangling over U.S.-led economic sanctions on North Korea.

North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the North’s state media said Thursday, as they continue to ...