North Korea

China just intercepted a Canadian military plane for tracking North Korean vessels involved in illicit trade. Is the Chinese government covering up North Korea's UN violations?

Giuliano de Leon Oct 07, 2025

Kim Jong Un's regime has launched a crackdown on plastic surgery, staging public trials and branding breast implants as 'anti-socialist' crimes.

Carson Beale Oct 02, 2025

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has broken with decades of policy to endorse a nuclear freeze with North Korea, a move backed by the Trump administration as a "realistic" path to peace.

Mark R Sep 22, 2025

Kim Yo Jong has dismissed any chance of communicating with South Korea's new government, criticizing their alliance with the US as a means to conduct invasion rehearsals.

Paolo Villanueva Jul 28, 2025

North Korea's failed warship launch was more than a military mishap. Kim Jong Un used it to test loyalty, punish officials and tighten regime control.

Giuliano de Leon Jun 17, 2025

Facing a hungry army, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has ordered schools to raise rabbits for both food and fur for uniforms.

Vinay Patel Apr 28, 2025

North Korea flaunts fake IKEA store, defying sanctions. Likely selling counterfeit goods, the store serves as propaganda while exploiting Western brands.

Vinay Patel Jan 15, 2025

Those who are proven to practice such behaviour will be subject to harsh punishment mandated by the government.

Teddy Cambosa Jan 01, 2025

A little-known unit of the Ukrainian armed forces that calls itself "Khorne Group" have posted what they claim is footage of North Korean troops on the frontline.

William Dove Dec 27, 2024

In response to these claims, the US DoD has never verified the claims, stressing that the presence of North Korean soldiers in combat is more worrying.

Teddy Cambosa Nov 08, 2024

A US company accidentally hired a North Korean remote IT worker who stole sensitive data and attempted to extort the company after being fired.

Vinay Patel Oct 21, 2024

The US charges a woman for aiding North Koreans in securing remote IT jobs in the US and funnelling wages back to DPRK, violating US sanctions.

Vinay Patel May 20, 2024

More than 200 Russian tourists holidayed in North Korea on an exclusive ski tour as the pariah state lifts its pandemic tourism ban

Tahlia Kraefft Apr 14, 2024

A man and his wife have been dubbed "serial squatters" after they have refused to pay rent for more than four years.

Danielle Summer Apr 09, 2024

As women continue to prioritise their careers and finances, South Korea has seen its birth rate decrease to detrimentally low levels.

Danielle Summer Mar 31, 2024

Moscow and Pyongyang have become closer since the start of the Russian war in Ukraine.

Sadhna Yadav Feb 21, 2024

The number of North Korean defectors has nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years.

Sadhna Yadav Feb 09, 2024

The structure, officially called the Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification, was completed after an inter-Korea summit in 2000.

Sadhna Yadav Jan 24, 2024

The two Koreas remain technically at war with the presence of nearly two million troops at the border.

Sadhna Yadav Jan 16, 2024

North Korea imposed one of the world's most stringent lockdowns four years ago. 

Sadhna Yadav Jan 15, 2024

This comes as North Korea tries to come up with solutions to its declining birth rate.

Sadhna Yadav Dec 07, 2023

Seoul's spy agency has claimed that Pyongyang may have received support from Russia.

Sadhna Yadav Nov 22, 2023

There has been a significant increase in rail traffic between Russia and North Korea.

Sadhna Yadav Oct 10, 2023

The 23-year-old private crossed into North Korean territory from South Korea on July 18.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 28, 2023

King Charles II congratulated the Kim Dynasty on its 75th anniversary, while Kim Jong-un made his way to Russia to join arms deal discussions with Putin.

Danielle Summer Sep 12, 2023

North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un has arrived in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 12, 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States and its allies of turning the waters off the Korean Peninsula into "the most unstable waters."

Sadhna Yadav Aug 29, 2023

Travis King, the US soldier who crossed into North Korea last month, wanted refuge from "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army,"

Sadhna Yadav Aug 16, 2023

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has ordered a drastic increase in weapons production.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 15, 2023

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un asked his generals to prepare for the possibility of war.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 11, 2023