North Korean asylum seekers to leave Manila on Monday after weekend stay
North Korean officials arrested Kim at Pyongyang International Airport as the American citizen tried to leave the country. Kim taught accounting at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology prior to being arrested. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said Kim was "intercepted fo...
North Korean Won currency subunit:chon, 1 chon = 1/100 North Korean Won Central Bank:Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea China Currency: Chinese Yuan Chinese Yuan (CNY)is the currency used in China. Chinese Yuan currency symbol:¥ ...
N. Koreans forced to fund housewarming gifts after paying for flood... Seon Hwa-December 30, 2024 North Korean state media praises Kim Jong Un's "love for the people" as flood victims move into new homes, but locals reveal they were... ...
North Korea's Kim Vows to Comprehensively Expand Diplomacy at Party Congress More Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January...
Over the years, there have been a multitude of horror stories about people trying to get out of North Korea only to be caught and given brutal punishments. And as is the case with many North Korean laws, those caught aren't the only ones punished: their families and relatives ...
Keep in mind that North Koreans are known to be shy and a bit wary of making contact with foreigners. Also, the majority of North Koreans do not speak English. When you do get the opportunity to talk to a local, remember that they are conservative people with limited access to the out...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants to boost the "warm climate of reconciliation and dialogue" with South Korea after his younger sister Kim Yo Jong led a three-day visit to the Games, North Korean state media said on Tuesday. The Games are being held at the ski resort of Pyeongchang...
Tens of thousands of North Koreans have defected in the decades since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, with many of those caught or repatriated sent to prison camps or other detention facilities before being released. The group identified 113 people in 66 ...
Discussing North Korea’s propaganda after the war ended, Mushtare goes on to say: Years of anti-U.S. indoctrination themes have bred a hostile view of the people of the United States in successive North Korean generations. Anti-Americanism spans the whole of the North Korean education system...