Thousands of maskless North Korean delegates have gathered in Pyongyang for what appears to be the imminent eighth congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, in preparation for a meeting that will set the …
Unification ministry to scale up financial support for N. Korea aid groups
The unification ministry said Thursday it will allow North Korea aid groups to receive state financial support multiple times a year in an effort to facilitate humanitarian assistance to the …
Kim Jong Un to unveil new economic plan as North Korea crisis deepens
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will preside over a five-yearly gathering of top officials early in the new year, according to state media, which is expected to include the unveiling of a new …
This woman left North Korea 70 years ago. Now virtual reality has helped her return
Hyun Mi has finally been able to return to her childhood home in North Korea — or at least a version of it — using virtual reality technology.
North Korea: Business as Usual
The State Department was working this angle, but for the Defense Department it was business as usual. Most of the public tends to forget that the U.S. is still technically at war with North Korea …
North Korea: Business as Usual
The State Department was working this angle, but for the Defense Department it was business as usual. Most of the public tends to forget that the U.S. is still technically at war with North Korea …
North Korea can change — but only if information gets in
Until recently this has been denounced but largely tolerated by North Korean authorities. But in June the North launched a noisy and theatrical intimidation campaign demanding South Korea crack down …
North Korea’s economy dwarfed by neighboring South, data show
North Korea’s gross domestic product is only a fraction of the South’s, and the North Korean birth rate is relatively low compared with other developing countries, according to Seoul.
Mired in crises, North Korea’s Kim to open big party meeting
Coronavirus restrictions that have limited his public appearances. Warning signals for his country’s fragile economy, which has been battered by pandemic-related …
WW3: Soft touch Biden in North Korea hell as Kim Jong-un has ‘no plan’ of denuclearising
However, the hermit state leader may fear provoking the US and South Korea while the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing. Edward Howell, politics lecturer and North Korea specialist at the University of …