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 ...

The race had been set for April 5 and would have marked the second year since Pyongyang resumed the event after the pandemic.

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

Irishwoman Janet Newenham (centre) was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea following a five-year border closure. She tells Metro what she saw (Picture: Janet Newenham) When Janet ...