North Korea

The dictator has doubled the number of the country's workers who toil abroad, according to North Korean Watch.

Jerome Anthony Jul 20, 2015

Case comes after former spy chief was convicted for attempting to fix election.

Tom Porter Jul 19, 2015

North Koreans set to choose from only one candidate nominated by Kim Jong-un's ruling party in local polls.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 19, 2015

Jonathan Powell leaves Pyongyang after four-day diplomatic mission to hermit kingdom.

Umberto Bacchi Jul 17, 2015

Slovenian avant-garde music group will be delighting fans at Kim Won Gyun Music Conservatory in Pyongyang.

Samantha Payne Jul 15, 2015

Pyongyang's National Defence Commission insists the facility produces pesticides and not biological weapons.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jul 14, 2015

Paranoid North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has university-educated medical experts analysing each leaf of lettuce he eats for "germs, toxins and other harmful elements".

William Watkinson Jul 11, 2015

'If we delay it may well be too late to save the most vulnerable children'

Sean Martin Jul 09, 2015

Kim Jong-un ordered the execution after an official visit to the facility in May, South Korean media say.

Karthick Arvinth Jul 09, 2015

Dictator inspects terminal serving the capital with wife Ri Sol-Ju.

Umberto Bacchi Jun 25, 2015

The dear leader has 'unconditional love [and] respect of women'.

Maria Khan Jun 22, 2015

North Korea's 'worst drought in 100 years' inflicts severe damage on Pyongyang's hydropower-dependent electricity supplies.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jun 22, 2015

Secretive state claims to have developed drug that cures some of world's most deadly diseases

Ewan Palmer Jun 19, 2015

More than 30% of country's rice paddies have dried up, according to state media.

Tom Porter Jun 17, 2015

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Marc Vargas Jun 15, 2015

A North Korean troop member, thought to be a teenager, has fled his country to present himself to South Korean forces.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jun 15, 2015

Fire rages in upper floors of well-known 43-storey hotel.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jun 12, 2015

Daniel Mekonnen says that he has received death threats for his work in Eritrean diaspora

Orlando Crowcroft Jun 09, 2015

FTA allows preferential tariffs for 310 products manufactured in industrial park located in North Korea's border town of Kaesong.

Jerin Mathew Jun 01, 2015

Pyongyang's communication isolation protected computers, source believes

Mary Papenfuss May 30, 2015

North Korean doctor and his wife reportedly kidnapped by Isis-backed militants near Tripoli.

Vasudevan Sridharan May 26, 2015

Kim Jong-chul, elder brother of ruling North Korean leader Kim, makes rare appearance.

Vasudevan Sridharan May 22, 2015

South Korean reports say young dictator executed or demoted deputy armed forces minister So Hong-chan.

Umberto Bacchi May 20, 2015

The communist nation suddenly cancelled the trip a day before Ban Ki-moon was set to arrive.

Nicole Rojas May 20, 2015

North Korea claims successfully miniaturising nuclear weapons, which would allow them to be fired with missiles.

Tom Porter May 20, 2015

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Marc Vargas May 19, 2015

As dictator Kim Jong-Un seeks to tighten his grip on power, brutal purges of party officials continue.

Tom Porter May 13, 2015

Minister of the People's Armed Forces also talked back to dictator.

Joe Millis May 13, 2015

Seoul expresses serious concerns over Pyongyang's latest test-firing of submarine-based ballistic missile.

Vasudevan Sridharan May 11, 2015

Submarine weapon would give nation longer reach, second-strike capability

Mary Papenfuss May 09, 2015