New video obtained by a South Korean broadcaster offers a glimpse of a daring defection by a North Korean man who last week swam, crawled through a tunnel, and wandered around the heavily guarded …
North Korea enslaved South Korean prisoners of war in coal mines
Generations of South Korean prisoners of war are being used as slave labour in North Korean coal mines to generate money for the regime and its weapons programme, according to a report released by a …
Outrage in South Korea after North Korean able to wander around for hours in high-security border area
The incident of a North Korean man who reportedly defected to South Korea after crossing the heavily guarded border and roamed around unchecked for hours has sparked outrage in Seoul. The incident …
Why North Korea replaced its ambassador to China after 11 years
North Korea recently appointed a former trade minister … including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, to discuss business cooperation projects. “Ri may have little experience …
Why North Korea replaced its ambassador to China after 11 years
North Korea recently appointed a former trade minister … including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, to discuss business cooperation projects. “Ri may have little experience …
Continuity and change in North Korea-China relations
By: Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein The recent appointment of Ri Ryong Nam as North Korea’s ambassador to China hints at …
North Korea’s cyber kleptomania is a threat to capitalism
Sometimes missed on North Korea’s voluminous list of human rights abuses are its serial cyber kleptomania and global criminal schemes to rip off the world’s …
Turkmen journalist Ruslan Myatiev: “Three of my colleagues have been through prison”
Turkmenistan ranks as having the second-worst press freedom in the world, just above North Korea. Josef Skrdlik interviews Ruslan Myatiev, founder of Turkmen.news, an independent investigative news …
Turkmen journalist Ruslan Myatiev: “Three of my colleagues have been through prison”
Turkmenistan ranks as having the second-worst press freedom in the world, just above North Korea. Josef Skrdlik interviews Ruslan Myatiev, founder of Turkmen.news, an independent investigative news …
South Korean military report faults border guards for overlooking North Korean defector
The man, who swam the East Sea in a diving suit early Feb. 16, was missed eight of 10 times he showed up on military cameras on the south side of the Demilitarized Zone.