Luxury imports to North Korea are booming as leader snaps up gifts for cronies
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North Korea Puts Troops on War Footing and Warns of ‘Horrible Disaster’
Joint South Korean, U.S. and Japanese naval exercises provoke bellicose threats from Pyongyang
North Korea Builds Posh Ski Resort
Opening Thursday in poverty-stricken nation
New Signs of North Korea Reactivating Reactor
At full speed, the nuclear complex could produce at least one fission bomb per year
UN Investigators: “Unspeakable Atrocities” in North Korean Prison Camps
Inmates Starved, Tortured, Forced To Drown Babies
Workers Return to Joint Korean Industrial Park
About 800 South Koreans trickle back to the facility just north of the DMZ.
South Korea’s Embattled Spy Agency Deflects Heat by Finding Reds Under Beds
South Korean politics has been paralyzed in the wake of allegations that a small group of left-wing politicians had been secretly planning to help North Korea take over the country. The scandal shows how the mention of North
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Rodman Again Visits His ‘Friend’ — North Korean Dictator
The former basketball star didn’t say whether he would seek the release of a jailed American missionary
Report: Kim Jong Un’s Former Lover Executed by Firing Squad After Making Sex Tape
North Korean dictator has alleged paramour shot along with 11 others in front of families
While the Rest of North Korea Struggles, Pyongyang’s Fortunate Few Go Shopping
The city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North Korean capital looks very different from the place it was 10 years ago. It’s not just the new high-rises, even the people …
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The Bank of China closes the account of North Korea’s main foreign exchange bank, France struggles to contain radical Islam in its prisons and the hacktivist group Anonymous said it may target Aung San Suu Kyi
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons might be able to reach the U.S., Egypt has no family planning policy despite its surging birthrate and Japan is set to build its first overseas nuclear plant since the Fukushima meltdown of 2011
Party in Pyongyang: Amid Tension, North Korea Celebrates Kim Il Sung’s Birthday
The 101st anniversary of the birth of the country’s venerated founding father, the late dictator Kim Il Sung, is a pointer to the regime’s current state of mind