Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to assess the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) implementation of selected Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations from the third (2019 ...

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament has enacted an urban development law aimed at modernizing city environments to provide ...

The United Nations Population Division has estimated that about 12 percent of North Koreans are aged 65 or older. The U.N.

By making North Korea an indispensable partner with Russia, Kim Jong-un has placed North Korea in its best geopolitical ...

The Mirim training base features a replica of Kim Il Sung Square, the landmark plaza at the heart of the capital where North Korea holds major celebrations and unveils new military hardware—such as ...

Escaping North Korea was the easy part, what came next was the real nightmare! Find out why life in South Korea is even WORSE ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday fired a suspected short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as Pyongyang steps up its testing activity while ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country’s longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97. Kim Jong Un and other ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - Kim Yong Nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, speaks with the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Yong Nam, a longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim ...