The Suppressed Rights of North Korean Women

Thu 06 Feb 2025 | 02:46 PM North Korea is one of the most closed and centrally controlled societies in the world, where women face severe discrimination and oppression. While Kim Jong-un's authoritarian regime rhetorically praises women as "proud …

First foreign tourists since pandemic invited to celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday in North Korea

North Korea reopened its border city of Rason to foreign tourists for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, marking a cautious revival of the country's tourism sector. The first excursions are expected to start on February 18, ahead of the …

North Korea Targets Marco Rubio in First Public Attack on Trump Admin

North Koreans ‘disappear’ amid heavy Russian casualties in Ukraine war

North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine have disappeared from the battlefield, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reported this week. “Since mid-January, there have been no signs showing North Korean troops deployed to the Russian Kursk …

North Korea reopens to tourists just in time for late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday

And though the country's capital, Pyongyang, remains closed to tourists, “there are a lot of people who have been waiting to go to North Korea,” Greg Vaczi at Koryo Tours, told NBC News on Tuesday. He added that 20 tourists will be able to enter in …

[Column] What happened to all those North Korean soldiers fighting Ukraine?

A self-propelled howitzer operated by Ukraine fires toward Russian forces on the front line of the war in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Jan. 24, 2025. (AP/Yonhap) With North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia’s Kursk region nowhere to be found since mid-January …

North Korea's forces appear to be the latest 'expendable' army to be chewed up fighting Russia's war against Ukraine

North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia have reportedly suffered significant losses. Although the troops are believed to be elite forces, they've been used similarly to Russian prison units. The soldiers appear to have been removed from combat. North …

Beijing’s ambassador to North Korea calls for return of Chinese tourists

Beijing’s ambassador to North Korea expressed hope for the return of Chinese tourists to Pyongyang on Monday, according to the embassy’s website, after a five-year absence of tour groups from the DPRK’s northern neighbor. Ambassador Wang Yajun “hopes that …

Laser beauty treatments highlight growing wealth gap in N. Korea

Laser skin treatments are gaining popularity in North Korea’s major cities, drawing significant interest among women, Daily NK has learned. According to a source in South Pyongan province who spoke to Daily NK recently, cities like Pyongsong have seen a …

North Korean missile accuracy improves after battlefield "training" in Ukraine, Reuters reports

Kim Jong Un. Stock photo: Getty Images The accuracy of North Korean missiles fired by Russia on Ukraine has increased since December, most likely due to Pyongyang improving its weapons during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Source: Reuters, citing two senior …