Even within a global decline in women's rights, North Korean women remain the most invisible and least protected women in the ...

North Korea’s prison system is one of the most secretive in the world. Information largely comes from defectors and satellite imagery. What they describe paints a grim picture of forced labor and ...

A South Korea-based human rights organization said Thursday it has identified specific Chinese public security officials and ...

In recent years, a wave of social media accounts has appeared claiming to show everyday life inside North Korea. Influencers film trips to water parks, restaurants, and schools—portraying a cheerful ...

A South Korean court has found ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol guilty of masterminding an insurrection. The 65-year-old has been ...

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of masterminding an insurrection when he imposed martial law in 2024. It was the country’s biggest criminal trial in decades. Choe Sang-Hun Former ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of ...

Yoon was jailed for life over his 2024 martial law declaration. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty during the January hearing. The latest ruling followed a prior five-year obstruction sentence.

Shocking footage caught a fire burning high up a luxe apartment building in Dubai in the early hours of Thursday morning ...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against private prison company Geo Group, denying them a fast-track appeal of a lower court ruling that they are not immune from being sued. The initial ...

Her tenure has had controversies ranging from her pets and government contracts, to defending the killing of US citizens by ...

The U.S. president and Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei turned a meme war into an actual war. Only one of them came out alive.