The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found.

North Korea's state-run television has broadcast footage of a military parade held on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of ...

The North Korean government has intensified repression inside the isolated, nuclear-armed state, expanding electronic surveillance and publicly executing people for sharing foreign media, the United ...

North Korea held a mass gymnastics and art performance titled *‘Long Live the Workers’ Party of Korea’* to commemorate the ...

As two typhoons hammered North Korea within a week of each other, state media broadcasts looked unusually reminiscent of international TV coverage, with correspondents standing knee-deep in ...

The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ Xi tells N. Korea's Kim that China is ready to strengthen strategic cooperation on int'l issues SEOUL -- Chinese ...

Closing the loop — almost — on our reports about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the "mystery woman" who has been seen with him in recent weeks: "North Korean media on Wednesday identified the ...

Pyongyang no longer speaks of reunification. It seeks recognition -- as one of two sovereign states on the Korean Peninsula ...

FILE - North Korean defector Kim Seong-Min, then-the head of Free North Korea Radio, shouts slogans during a rally to improve human rights condition in North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 14, ...

Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage.