Even under heavy surveillance, defectors have taken to the skies to escape North Korea. In 1953, Lt. No Kum-sok flew a Soviet MiG-15 jet to Gimpo Air Base in South Korea, a story later chronicled ...

Choi Sung-ryong, whose father was executed by North Korea, wants to pressure a pro-Pyongyang association in Tokyo over the ...

North Korea's state media reported Wednesday on the indictment of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection charges ...

North Korea says it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” ...

South Korea’s military said Friday it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers fighting in the Russian-Ukraine war suffered heavy casualties.

South Korea 's Yonhap News Agency said North Korea might be using a vertical cold-launch system to fire the missiles. The ...

Officials' wives are increasingly taking jobs in road maintenance to avoid mandatory labor assignments, Daily NK has learned.

North Korea is a joke, and shame on us for laughing. The "Hermit Kingdom" with its retro aesthetic and its goofy-looking leader makes us laugh, from our well-heated homes. That's what The ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...

North Korea's state-run media called its southern neighbor a "fascistic dictatorship" and said its president declared martial law to escape a crisis. Russia is treating North Korean troops well ...

South Korea’s military says it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers ...