North Korea has equipped military construction units with heavy construction equipment needed for building factories in the ...

North Korea is redoubling efforts to build shopping centers with bathhouses and hair salons in the provinces as part of its ...

Most orphans at the school do not get enough of the essential vitamins and minerals they need from their diet, leading to ...

A North Korean young man performing his military service in the riot police was beaten unconscious by a group of his ...

The North Korean authorities have recently begun patting themselves on the back for bringing religion under control.

South Korea’s unique custom of couples and friends exchanging pairs of stick-shaped snacks on Nov. 11 has arrived in ...

Most farms in Ryanggang province have been unable to use their threshing machines because of a lack of electricity.

North Korean high school students in their final year are increasingly putting on a variety of “graduation parties.” ...

A North Korean woman died as a homeless beggar on the streets of Hyesan in Ryanggang province after her parents and siblings refused to take her in.

The number of households making their own coal briquettes for heating in cities such as Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, has plummeted this year.

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

A North Korean couple from different parts of the country—the man from the interior and the woman from the border—may have to ...