North Korea’s public health system collapsed in the wake of a famine of the 1990s when doctors were forced to use beer bottles to construct intravenous systems, according to defectors.

Could North Korea's Kim regime be on the brink of a sudden fall? This eye-opening analysis delves into the devastating famine, Covid-19 impact, and potential collapse scenarios, including geopolitical ...

Kim Jong Un may be ushering a new era with new flats in Pyongyang, but he wouldn't be pleased to know that defectors have ...

North Korea's defence ministry said on Saturday "military provocations" by the United States and its allies were becoming more "pronounced" under the current Trump administration, according to ...

"Many young soldiers' lives are being compromised to fulfill the objective of the North Korean regime," Kim said. U.N. calls for $6B to fight famine in war-torn Sudan Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The United ...

Religious persecution incidents have significantly increased since the 2000s, linked to the heightened control measures following the "Arduous March" period (1995–2000), during which North Korea faced ...

The diverging trajectories of North Korea’s state and society over the last year are striking. The government has reaped ...

At the height of the North's famine and uncertainties about the succession of Kim Jong Il, some members of the South Korean government have speculated that the North was such a weak "tree" that ...

Thus far, North Korean forces seem to be fulfilling the ... could be the Kim regime’s most significant test since the 1990s famine. Pyongyang would seem to have little reason to send its own ...

On January 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared on his various channels a new interview with one of the two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) captured this month. This testimony ...

Since 2020, the number of divorces in North Korea has been rising steadily, causing great concern to the country's ...