Kim Su-jin, a 45-year-old nurse who settled in South Korea in 2007 after defecting from the North, recalled that her 20s were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Soldiers from North Korea fighting on behalf of Moscow have reportedly pulled back from the frontline in Russia's Kursk region.