But the challenge is primarily one that developed countries face. That North Korea, one of the world's poorest economies, also is facing a declining population makes its case an outlier.

Why would a person encase himself in plastic foam and swim for 10 hours in cold, defended waters to risk death with every stroke? That’s what one North Korean man did, defying a regime well known for ...

Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America faction supported a radical pro-North Korea rally where the crowd chanted ...

“North Korea’s government exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to tighten control and suppression of its population, leaving people to starve while strengthening its grip on power,” said Lina ...

The North’s population growth has already slowed from its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s of an estimated 3 percent to its current fertility rate of 1.9, below the “replacement” level ...

North Korea is putting surveillance cameras in schools and workplaces, and collecting fingerprints, photographs and other biometric information from its citizens in a technology-driven push to ...

Nearly all of North Korea's trade is conducted with China. With the extended shutdown, even North Korean elites could be hurting, according to Michael Madden, a 38 North contributor.

North Korea has dealt with COVID-19 in its usual fashion by cutting itself off from the world, irrespective of the consequences to its population. The country now faces food shortages that are ...