North Korea, a country shrouded in secrecy and controlled by an iron-fisted regime, is facing an existential demographic ...

A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that ...

Russia Partnership in Ukraine: In exchange for sending tens of thousands of troops and vast amounts of artillery shells to ...

North Korea is set to treble the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an ...

Iran escalates domestic repression following Israel conflict, with experts warning of a North Korea-style model as citizens ...

The mission to safely guide the man to the South involved a considerable number of South Korean troops and took around 20 ...

North and South Korea have adopted different approaches to confronting their falling birth rates and looming population decline. North Korea's fertility rate, or the number of babies expected per ...

The Dec. 29, 2024, plenary session of the Eighth Party Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was presented as a grand showcase of North Korea's achievements and a roadmap for its future.

The North’s nuclear forces have been the focus of global concern. But its conventional military is vast and empowered — even if it is hobbled by shortages, corruption and isolation.

Forced Labor The North Korean government systematically requires forced, uncompensated labor from much of its population to sustain its economy.

June 26, 2025: North Korea has extended the service obligation for new recruits from eight to ten years for men and from five to seven years for women. This change is imperative because North Korea is ...