Pyongyang, a city of 3.2 million people, has a long history, but it was largely rebuilt after the Korean War (called the “American War” in North Korea) by the newly founded Communist ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with his North Korean counterpart in the coastal city of Wonsan on Saturday, ...

We found no evidence that North Korea recently evacuated its capital city, Pyongyang. The video shared with the claim was created in April 2017 — but it also included unconfirmed information.

On August 24, 1945 Soviet troops took control of Pyongyang liberating Korea from Imperial Japanese occupation during the final stage of the World War II. According to historians, Pyongyang which ...

The Chinese Embassy in North Korea has hosted a reception to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the signing of a mutual ...

Pyongyang Rock City. Meet the hitmakers of the Hermit Kingdom. By Isaac Stone Fish, Asia editor at Foreign Policy from 2014-2016. fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2. Economics; East ...

T he city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North Korean capital looks very different from the place it was 10 years ago. It’s not just the ...

If Pyongyang embodies the architect’s dream of a model city, its facades are also suggestive of a Potemkin village. In their new monograph “Model City Pyongyang,” architects Cristiano ...

A few letters make a big difference. As the 2018 Winter Olympics approach, some soon-to-be spectators are confusing the host city of Pyeongchang, South Korea, with Pyongyang, North Korea.

Defectors and other North Koreans told the news service that new apartments in the capital city of Pyongyang such as those in the 80-story skyscraper are shunned by the elite there, who instead ...