Jean Lee is familiar with life inside North Korea. ... But most people, we should keep in mind, are living in poverty in North Korea. This is a country of 25 million people.

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA – AUGUST 21: North Korean men read a newspaper displayed at a station on the Pyongyang metro on August 21, 2018 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite ongoing… Getty Images ...

Thousands of IT workers are trapped inside a global operation that funds North Korea’s weapons program, but one managed to ...

Life in North Korea branded 'a living nightmare' as UN Security Council discusses state's human rights record for first time. Discussion came despite opposition from China and Russia.

Now living a comfortable life as an entrepreneur in Vietnam, ... A businessman who worked in North Korea says it's not all repression and poverty. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

North Korea, the highly isolated, totalitarian Asian nation, is home to certain unusual superlatives — but, for many inside its borders, living in luxury is far from them. And what reality holds ...

Katharina Zellweger visited North Korea for the first time in 1995 and has since been to the country around 70 times, still counting. On June 7, she talked to Asia Society Switzerland about everyday ...

That North Korea can employ such a tactic and not immediately be laughed out of the room, however, is a bit disturbing for those of us living in the tundra. More on this story Seoul condemns N ...

The news rapidly spread through the scattered community of the roughly 33,000 North Korean escapees living in South Korea. The memorial was born when some of them set up a folding table on the ...

Human rights investigators in North Korea raise alarm bells over the lives of "wretched" American citizens. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. ... North Korea Says Life in U.S. Is ‘Living ...

The state-run Korea Central News Agency releases a "news analysis" claiming racism, crime, poverty and more make the US "the world's worst human rights abuser". Might they have a point?