Pyongyang is dependent on the world's second-largest economy, but the "blood-cemented alliance" doesn't extend to security issues.

After watching the whole course of the accident,’ Kim Jong-un, in a ‘stern assessment,’ pronounces what he had seen ‘a serious accident and criminal

Activists, officials and defectors highlighted human rights violations in North Korea at a high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, with many directly tying Pyongyang's syste

KCNA said the mishap left “some sections of the warship’s bottom crushed”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A reassessment by U.S. regarding North Korea's military capabilities marks a shift in understanding the country's defensive posture.

International visitors have returned to the DPRK for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic resealed the North Korean border. Visitors from Russia, an ally of the DPRK, traveled to Pyongyang, the capital, in February 2024; in February 2025, visitors from Britain, Canada, France and Germany arrived in the city of Rason.

The building, previously known as the Unification Pavilion, was renamed Panmun Hall sometime in 2024, ministry spokesman Koo Byongsam said at a news conference Monday in Seoul. A sign bearing the former name was taken down in January 2024 and replaced with the new one about seven months later, he said.

My tour guide said that you’ll go into North Korea with 100 questions and you’ll leave with 1,000 questions, and it’s so true,” Jaggard said.