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

South Korea is studying various plans to improve relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for South Korea's Unification ...

The North Korean economy largely relies on production of coal, concrete and industrial plastics, and has been kept afloat by ...

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 additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Moscow, according to an ...

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

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

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 ...

South Korea's population might plummet to 15% of its current level over the next 100 years due to an ongoing demographic decline, according to a South Korean think tank.

People who have escaped from North Korea since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic have described severe repression and restrictions on economic activity. North Korean escapees’ accounts ...

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.