These are significant dangers. But now that the regime has allowed consumerism to grow there is no turning back. And it ...

When Westerners and others outside North Korea think of the country, "fun" isn't one of the first words that comes to mind.

Yokota Sakie's daughter, Megumi, was abducted by North Korea nearly half a century ago. Her aging mother clings to hope of a ...

Kraken Community Iceplex facility manager Kyle Houtz is now a skilled Zamboni operator after 10 years of distinguished service in the U.S. Army. He blended his love for hockey in vocations ...

Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first ...

Decades-long efforts to provide uncensored foreign news into North Korea are facing setbacks now. Big government-funded ...

The United Nations Population Division has estimated that about 12 percent of North Koreans are aged 65 or older. The U.N.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday denounced the Trump administration’s latest sanctions targeting cybercrimes that help finance its illicit nuclear weapons program, accusing the United ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol faces more criminal charges on Monday as prosecutors allege that he flew drones over North Korea in a deliberate bid ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country’s longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97. Kim Jong Un and other ...