Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN

North Korea enacts urban development law to provide better living conditions

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

North Korea’s rich flaunt fur coats, Chanel cosmetics, as poor freeze without insulation

Wealthy residents living near the border with China are buying high-end luxury items brought in by ethnic Chinese traders.

Decades-long efforts to send uncensored foreign news into North Korea face major setbacks

For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea.

North Korea’s Population Crisis Warning Signs

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

'I was so stunned': Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage

There are nearly 35,000 defectors from North Korea living in South Korea. Many of them rely on a secretive network of brokers to check on their families back home or to send them money when their ...
Daily NK

Elderly N. Koreans long for Kim Jong Il era as markets wither and smuggling ends

Amid persistent economic hardship, it is becoming more common for elderly North Koreans to long for the days of Kim Jong Il.
Human Rights Watch

Submission on North Korea’s Implementation of Recommendations from the Third and Fourth Cycles of the Universal Periodic Review for the Special Rapporteur’s Report

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 ‘Expanding’ Major Nuclear Site: Analysts

North Korea has hurtled along its path of nuclear tests and trials of delivery systems, despite years of sanctions.