North Korea has long relied on sending its citizens abroad to earn hard currency under strict state control.

The nuclear-armed North, which is accused of widespread rights abuses by the United Nations and other critics, is a deeply hierarchical and patriarchal society where traditional values of deference to ...

Fewer North Koreans defected across the southern borderthis year than the previous year for a annual total of 224, South ...

A woman in her 50s accused of murdering her younger brother, a North Korean defector, in Busan has been referred to trial.

The Hermit Kingdom. International Pariah. Terrorist State. The very name of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, evokes sentiments of dystopia, dictatorship, and backwardness.

In response, her Chinese husband’s acquaintance, a friend of a doctor, helped her visit a hospital. Ordinarily, North Korean ...

Despite what the Kim Jong Un regime tells them, North Koreans will continue their dangerous pursuit of truth, one forbidden ...

Two runners from world’s top 100 will lead elite group in Sunday’s race, while popular Japanese athlete Yuki Kawauchi makes return.