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

He could not shake the shackle off. At the other end of it was a North Korean officer, who went with him everywhere. If Kim Seong Min as much as used the lavatory, the officer came along too. For ...

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 ...

Every year, North Koreans risk their lives to flee the regime. Crossing rivers, barbed wire, and hostile borders, they face prison or execution if ...

The idea of North Korea’s ruling family sneaking into Disneyland sounds like satire, but the story has roots in fact. For decades, rumors have circulated that Kim Jong-Un and his father, Kim Jong-Il, ...

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

Tempest refuses to slow down as it approaches the finale. Episodes 6 and 7 unravel secrets at every level, from forged evidence to deep family betrayals, and push Mun-ju and San-ho into choices that ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the morning of May 7, before making his way to Capitol Hill to testify in ...

At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed ...

South Korean officials have seized on conciliatory comments by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the weekend as a sign that tension could be easing but also worry the huge number of rockets he ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he still has good memories of U.S. President Donald Trump and urged Washington to drop its demand that the North surrender its nukes as a precondition for resuming ...

"The enemy, I think, will have to worry about which direction their security environment is moving in," North Korea's leader ...