The totalitarian regime in Pyongyang is reportedly trying to crack down on the rising cost of living, with some citizens ...

The first Western tourists are trickling back into the totalitarian Kim Jong Un regime—and splurging on propaganda ...

The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week. ------------ N. Korea's rice paddies shrink for 3rd consecutive year in 2024 SEOUL -- The total area of North Korea's rice paddies ...

North Korea welcomed international travelers for the first time in years, according to a report. A group of people from the United Kingdom, Canada, Greece, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, ...

North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed several to the frontline in Kursk, Seoul's spy agency told AFP on Thursday (February 27, 2025). South Korean and Western intelligence ...

North Korea appears to have deployed additional troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to South Korea’s spy agency Thursday. The National Intelligence Service stated in a ...

North Korea opens doors for tourism: For the first time in five years, North Korea has allowed the first batch of international travellers to visit the country, except for a group of Russian ...

North Korea opened its borders to a small group of Western tourists this week for the first time in five years. The travellers from the UK, Canada, Greece, New Zealand, France, Germany ...

"Our party is not opposed to the defection of North Korean soldiers to South Korea," Rep. Jin Sung-joon, the Democratic Party's policy committee chair, said Tuesday.

State-backed North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5bn (£1.2bn) of cryptocurrency in the largest heist in history. Agents from Pyongyang were able to breach the systems of Dubai-based exchange ...

SEOUL -- South Korea's central bank cut its key interest rate by one quarter of a percentage point to 2.75% on Tuesday amid projections of weak growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy. The ...