A human rights group is calling on the Thai government to revive efforts to resolve the case of Anocha Panjoy, a Chiang Mai native abducted by North Korean agents in 1978.

The United Nations Population Division has estimated that about 12 percent of North Koreans are aged 65 or older. The U.N. defines a society as “aged” when this figure reaches 14 percent. North Korea does not regularly publish demographic figures, so analysts must extrapolate from past censuses and indirect surveys.

Decades-long efforts to provide uncensored foreign news into North Korea are facing setbacks now. Big government-funded broadcasters in the U.S. and South Korea have fallen silent one by one this year amid policy shifts in the countries.

North Korea is fortifying the DMZ with triple barbed wire, expanding uranium enrichment at its Yongbyon nuclear facility, and advancing AI-powered surveillance technology. At the same time, Pyongyang is also showcasing Kim Jong-un's daughter as a rising figure,

North Korea has hurtled along its path of nuclear tests and trials of delivery systems, despite years of sanctions.

North Korean troops and weapons have played an unexpectedly crucial role in sustaining Russia’s grinding military campaign in Ukraine. In exchange, Pyongyang has been able to upgrade its outdated

North Korea has been upgrading its Yongbyon nuclear facility throughout 2025, underscoring the regime's drive to accelerate its fissile material production capabilities, according to a new report.

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

Five people — four Americans and one Ukrainian — have pleaded guilty to helping North Korean operatives secure remote IT jobs at U.S. companies,

If Homer Simpson ever went to work for the North Korean space program (and if North Korea ever had a space program), it would be completely believable for a carbon rod to get more recognition than him,