Clik here to view.
These Instagram users show life from inside secretive North Korea
Despite earning the nickname "Hermit Kingdom," North Korea isn't entirely disconnected from the modern world.The country added 3G network access for foreigners in 2013. These days, several people post...
View ArticleClik here to view.
23 photos that show North Korea's obsession with huge, weird buildings
The world's attitude toward North Korea tends to swing between playful mocking and genuine horror. Like past dictatorships before it — namely, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia — North Korea tends to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The American detained in North Korea had to answer a lot of questions about...
An American missionary who spent almost two years in a North Korean labor camp, where 30 guards watched over only him as he toiled for more than eight hours a day, says they wanted to know all about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
North Korea threaten to retaliate after South Korean Navy ship fired warning...
North Korea threatened retaliation on Friday after South Korea fired what it said were warning shots when a patrol boat and fishing boat from the North crossed the disputed sea border off the west...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Japan has put its military on alert for a possible North Korea missile launch
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan put its military on alert on Monday for a possible North Korean ballistic missile firing, while South Korea also said it had detected evidence of launch preparations,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
South Korean military official: Latest North Korean missile launch appears to...
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean missile launch attempt early on Tuesday morning appears to have failed, a South Korean military official told Reuters. The launch attempt took place at around 5:20 a.m....
View ArticleClik here to view.
These are the 6 countries on board with Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea
Since Russia's illegal seizure and annexation of Crimea from Ukraine on March 18, 2014, six countries have come out in support of Moscow.And in any other circumstance, the support Russia has received...
View ArticleClik here to view.
46 million people are living as slaves globally, with the majority in India...
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global...
View ArticleClik here to view.
North Korea: Trump is a 'wise' choice for president
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as "a prescient presidential candidate" who can liberate Americans...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The US is taking more steps to block North Korea's access to the global...
The United States on Wednesday declared North Korea a "primary money laundering concern," and moved to further block its ability to use the U.S. and world financial systems to fund its weapons...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China's president has vowed to safeguard ties with North Korea
Beijing will work with Pyongyang to safeguard, consolidate and develop their friendship, President Xi Jinping told a visiting North Korean envoy, despite the deteriorated ties between the two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A teenager hacked a North Korean Facebook clone with 'password' as its password
Someone in North Korea created a clone version of Facebook and it was hacked just a few hours later.And by hacked, we mean an 18-year-old from Scotland named Andrew McKean threw in the default...
View ArticleHere’s how North Korea’s weird internet works
Despite being an extremely reclusive country, North Korea does have an internet. It's just not like the internet everyone else is using. It's more "Information Local Traffic Only" than "Information...
View ArticleClik here to view.
France: 'North Korea will be punished'
Paris (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande promised Friday to enforce tough sanctions on North Korea, which faced UN condemnation this week for its latest attempted missile launch."We will ensure...
View ArticleWhat it’s like to fly on the worst airline in the world — North Korea’s 'Air...
Air Koryo is an airline run by the North Korean government, and it's consistently rated as the worst airline in the world. In fact, it's the only airline with a one-star rating on airline-review site...
View ArticleClik here to view.
North Korea apparently reopened a plutonium plant
North Korea appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, suggesting the country's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here's everything we know about Kim Jong Un's handpicked all-girl pop group
In 2012, North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un handpicked five girls to be part of his very own girl band: the Moranbong Band.The girls sing state-sanctioned pop songs that promote the communist...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s student science fair sure has a lot of weapons
North Korea recently held a science fair for the country's youth, and many of the creations had to do with defense and war. While some students wanted to put solar panels on buses, others opted for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China and the US have agreed to tackle the steel glut
China pledged yesterday to rein in excess steel output and work with the US to enforce sanctions against North Korea, but there was no progress on the simmering tensions in the South China Sea.The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
North Korea is more than just a nuclear threat
North Korea's nuclear capabilities and ambitions often make headlines, but recently they have focused more on building national strength in more conventional, yet equally threatening ways.Last month,...
View Article