One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

North Korean conscripted soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials — from bullets for training to food — and at times survive on corn powder or even moldy rice, ...

Japan would deal a massive blow to the universal principle of religious freedom, could deeply damage its relationship with ...

Stressing that all ministries and localities must achieve a minimum growth rate of 8% to lay the groundwork for double-digit ...

The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the previous year, according to the Unification Ministry on Tuesday.

The 2024 total, including 210 women, compared with 196 in 2023, bringing the accumulated number of North Korean defectors in South Korea to 34,314, the official said on condition of anonymity. Of them ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a rare public message congratulating Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on ...

North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, a national holiday, by ...

A pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention – a ...

An unnamed spokesperson for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a press statement condemning US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s characterisation of the regime as a “rogue state,” calling it a ...

In an interview with Megyn Kelly in January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio referred to North Korea and Iran as "rogue states." ...

North Korea denounced U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday for calling it a "rogue state" and threatened a strong ...