Pyongyang boasts of crushing underground churches, but defectors and rights groups say secret worship persists despite harsh crackdowns and severe punishments.
Authorities in North Korea have made Russian language a mandatory subject for children beginning from elementary school, a ...
The issue of child beggars, often called kotjebi, is becoming more severe in the North Korean border city of Hoeryong, in North Hamgyong province.
A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for murdering her two children and leaving their bodies ...
Despite setbacks in efforts to spread outside news in North Korea, Lee Young-hyeon, a defector-turned-lawyer in South Korea, ...
A framed poster on the wall of a kindergarten classroom shows bright-eyed children brandishing rifles and bayonets as they attack a hapless American soldier, his ...
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The Department for Education has announced schools with more pupils from lower income backgrounds will be able to apply to ...
The death of at least 15 minors in four airstrikes by the Colombian government has triggered a wave of ethical, political and ...
A "big shot" couple have been executed in North Korea after accusations they were "arrogant" and "anti-republic" following ...
The United Nations Population Division has estimated that about 12 percent of North Koreans are aged 65 or older. The U.N.