In an isolationist state seeking to exert total control over its citizens, any deviation in outward appearance can be punished with an uncertain fate in a labour camp. Kim Jong-un’s regime was this ...

It is perhaps no great surprise that North Korea, which is nominally under communist rule, was an early adopter of women’s football. Socialist ideology generally encourages women to take part in sport ...

If I ride the clouds and float away, I’ll reach my hometown.” On the evening of the 2nd, at Yeongsan Art Hall in Yeongdeungpo ...

SEOUL — North Korean women are being targeted for humiliation by the regime for the “anti-socialist” sins of getting surgeries to become “more voluptuous” and “voluminous,” and for chatting “idly” in ...

These defectors try to smuggle books, movies and music back across the border. Roughly 35 miles from the world's most fortified border, Jung Hoon Choi led a group of 20 fellow North Korean defectors ...

TOKYO — A senior North Korean diplomat who defected two years ago painted a grim picture of life in the hermit kingdom Thursday as he described his disillusionment and escape from the totalitarian ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...

July 21 (UPI) --The following account was presented by Jihyang Kim at a recent forum of the North Korean Young Leaders' Assembly held at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C ...

Danish director Frederik Sølberg’s “Hana Korea” emerged as a crowd favorite at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, taking home the Flash Forward competition audience award for its nuanced ...

(Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

SEOUL, Aug 30 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised "a beautiful life" for the families of "martyrs" who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on ...