The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found.

A senior North Korean diplomat who defected two years ago painted a grim picture of life in the hermit kingdom as he ...

Technology has allowed North Korea to increase control of its citizens over the last decade with some being executed for distributing foreign TV programs, according to the United Nations.

Welcome to one of the most restrictive countries in the world. Ruled by an enigmatic, tyrannical and violent leader, North ...

More and more North Koreans are being sentenced to death for consuming audiovisual material that has not passed through Pyongyang's filters.. In North Korea, watching and distributing foreign films, ...

The North Korean government has intensified repression inside the isolated, nuclear-armed state, expanding electronic surveillance and publicly executing people for sharing foreign media, the United ...

The subreddit r/AMA allows people to host a discussion about something interesting they have to share, inviting others to ask them any questions they'd like. A few months ago, Reddit user ...

South Korea is planning to change the term “defectors” to describe North Koreans who flee the country to resettle in the South, as the word carries “negative connotation”. At such a critical moment in ...

North Korea appears to be increasing its use of the death penalty for actions like watching or sharing foreign films, a new major UN report has found. Evidence suggests that forced labour at sites ...

South Korea is planning to change the term “defectors” to describe North Koreans who flee the country to resettle in the South, as the word carries “negative connotation”. South Korea’s Ministry of ...