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.
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 ...

Lee warns of risks of accidental clash with N. Korea, vows efforts to resume dialogue

President Lee Jae Myung has warned risks of accidental clashes with North Korea, saying Seoul must continue to make efforts ...

North Korea accelerates nuclear work at Yongbyon, report says

North Korea has been upgrading its Yongbyon nuclear facility throughout 2025, underscoring the regime's drive to accelerate ...
The Diplomat

How Will Japan’s New Leader Approach the North Korea Problem?

Like her predecessors, Takaichi has offered a summit to resolve the abductees issue. North Korea is unlikely to be interested ...
The Diplomat

North Korea Denounces South Korea-US Joint Fact Sheet

After Washington confirmed its support to Seoul’s development of an indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, Pyongyang released ...

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.

North Korea says US-South Korea deal to set off 'nuclear domino' effect

North Korea on Tuesday said South Korea's plan to build nuclear-powered submarines with U.S. approval would trigger a ...