Most of what we know about North Korea does not come through open reporting or official transparency. Information reaches the outside world in fragments, usually carried by defectors, foreign ...

Ryu said that after eventually escaping and reaching safety abroad, he began sharing his story publicly to raise awareness about conditions inside North Korea.

North Korea places revolutionary ideology and the leader's authority above external rules. International law is an instrument for regime survival.

North Korea is executing schoolchildren for watching South Korean TV shows and listening to K-Pop, including Netflix’s hit series “Squid Game,” according to Amnesty International. Escapees told the ...

Irishwoman Janet Newenham (centre) was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea following a five-year border closure. She tells Metro what she saw (Picture: Janet Newenham) When Janet ...

(CNN) — A North Korean film is captivating audiences with scenes and storylines they have never seen before in a state-approved movie. In “Days and Nights of Confrontation,” a man is suffocated with a ...

Alex Page documents his life and travels to remote and mostly unexplored places online Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, Stylecaster, ...