North Korean defector numbers plunge amid Pyongyang’s strict control: UN report
TAIPEI, Taiwan – North Korea has continued to impose strict controls on the movement of its citizens, resulting in a sharp decline in the number...
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North Korean soldiers scrounge for cigarette butts
Read a version of this story in Korean The North Korean army is ordering soldiers to stop scrounging the streets for cigarette butts to smoke...
North Korea orders people to change names that sound too South Korean
Read a version of this story in Korean North Korea has ordered that parents give their children names that reflect the country’s revolutionary spirit —...
Hungry North Korean soldiers sell military gear to buy food
Read a version of this story in Korean Hungry North Korean soldiers are selling some of their military equipment to buy food, prompting officials to...
Construction begins on first road bridge between North Korea and Russia
Read a version of this story in Korean. Construction has begun on a road bridge that would connect North Korea and Russia over the Tumen...
North Korea publicly executes 3 men for trying to escape by boat to South Korea
Read a version of this story in Korean North Korea publicly executed three men — shooting each one with 90 rounds from a machine gun...
Chinese journalists return to North Korea after 5 years: South Korean ministry
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Journalists from China’s state-run media outlets, CCTV and the People’s Daily, have returned to North Korea five years after their withdrawal due...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects nuclear submarine construction
North Korea’s state media on Saturday provided a rare glimpse of the country’s first nuclear-powered guided missile submarine that is expected to serve as a...
A North Korean base has mockups of South Korean cities, POW in Ukraine says
Read a version of this story in Korean North Korean troops train at a base designed to emulate the layout of Seoul and other major...
Captured North Korean soldier reveals use of Russian drone-jamming gun
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A captured North Korean soldier told a South Korean lawmaker that he used a drone-jamming gun provided by the Russian military in...
