Most of what we know about North Korea does not come through open reporting or official transparency. Information reaches the outside world in fragments, usually carried by defectors, foreign ...

Car ownership in North Korea is tightly controlled, rare, and often reserved for the elite. This article explores new laws allowing private registration, the country’s small auto industry, and why ...

N. Korea has ordered grocery store managers to follow strict new rules on purchasing, pricing, and disposal, with quarterly inspections set to begin this spring.

Hamhung inns in North Korea are used for meth sales and use as crackdowns drive trade underground; bribes help bypass check-ins.

N. Korea's 9th congress of the Workers' Party, held in Pyongyang from Feb. 19 to 25, reinforced leader Kim Jong Un's ...

On March 15, North Korea will hold its first national level elections since 2019. After being delayed for two years, the Kim Jong Un regime delivered a short notice announcement last week that the ...

For much of the world, ice cream is a sweet treat with a universally understood name. But in North Korea, the simple dessert has become a matter of politics and ideology. Leader Kim Jong Un has ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North by Pyongyang's postwar false promise of living in "paradise on ...

North Korean teachers are being ordered to bring malnourished and sick orphans into their own homes, shifting state welfare obligations onto individuals.

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North Korea places revolutionary ideology and the leader's authority above external rules. International law is an instrument for regime survival.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun stated regarding the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces in January of last year that “they will not be repatriated (to North Korea or Russia).” During the ...