Dharan was part of a 22-member group of tourists and influencers who entered the reclusive country for four days, marking the ...

Granted relative freedom, former envoys share their experiences of one of the strangest and most repressive corners of the ...

Escaping North Korea is one of the most dangerous and nearly impossible feats anyone can attempt. In this video, we explore the harsh realities of attempting to flee the secretive and oppressive ...

Life in North Korea is also unsafe in other ways. In 2014 and regarding residential property, officials made a rare apology for the collapse of an under-construction, ...

Pedro Pardo took photos of a remote part of North Korea's border from China's Jilin province. The images offer a bleak yet fascinating look at life in a country shrouded in secrecy.

The account, known simply as “Life in North Korea,” has managed to rack up over 200,000 followers and more than 3.4 million likes since uploading its first video on Feb. 9.

Todor Merdjanov spent one month at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang in 2013. He wants more people to know what the country ...

In the 1990s, North Korea was devastated by a famine — state propaganda called it the “Arduous March” — that saw rationing, blackouts and no running water — and up to 3 million deaths. 11 ...

North Korea — which recently signed a mutual defense pact with Russia that has alarmed the West — views such exercises as a rehearsal for invasion, which the U.S. and its allies deny.. The ...

Life expectancy in North Korea—a country often cited for its economic hardship and limited healthcare access—stood at 72.6 years in 2021, according to the World Health Organization.