South Korea’s military says an unidentified North Korean man crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two ...

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

The country's steadily declining births has Kim Jong Un worried, with earlier reports describing crackdowns on secret ...

South Korea's population might plummet to 15% of its current level over the next 100 years due to an ongoing demographic ...

North Korea confronts a modern-day challenge: a declining population In a rare admission, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country's birth rate is too low. Experts see no working solution ...

Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week that deaths due to starvation are likely. Some experts say the country has hit its ...

In a rare display, North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un shed tears when discussing his country’s declining birth rate in December 2023. It was the first time that North Korea had publicly acknowledged ...

North Korea is readying a multiple rocket launcher system targeting South Korean population centers after completing a third test Friday under the watchful eye of leader Kim Jong Un, state media said.

North Korea, with a population of 26 million, is not alone as it faces shifting demographics, and its fertility rate is higher than Russia (1.4), Japan (1.2), China (1.0), and South Korea, and ...

Kim Jong Un’s rare admission that North Korea faces a population crisis indicates he’s just as worried about a demographic crunch that could undermine the economy as he is about the US forces ...

Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week that deaths due to starvation are likely. Some experts say the country has hit its ...

In 2022, North Korea's gross national income per capita was about 1,100 U.S. dollars, according to estimates by South Korea's central bank. That's approximately 3.4% of South Korea's per capita ...