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.

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

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 ...

“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 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 ...

As in the past, North Korea may seek to put pressure on the international community as a means to increase its bargaining power with the US. It’s not clear yet how the US will respond.