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Can you buy a TV in North Korea? Defector reveals bizarre fact about life under Kim Jong-Un's ruleIn North Korea, televisions are manipulated to broadcast only state-controlled content, glorifying the Kim dynasty. Defector Timothy Cho un...- Ex-North Korean soldier claims families of captured troops in Ukraine face execution in shocking interviewFormer North Korean soldier who turned defector and crossed the DMZ has now claimed that the families of those soldiers captured in the Ukr...
- A North Korean voice that Kim Jong Un would like to silenceKim Seongmin, a North Korean defector, broadcasts news into North Korea despite having cancer and facing severe censorship. Under Kim Jong ...
- Korean war during US election 2024? Here's why 'balloons' are creating tension between North Korea and South KoreaAs Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are campaigning for the US election 2024, a feud has erupted between North Korea and South Korea.
- Ex-North Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in South Korea, highest post for any defectorSouth Korea's president appointed former North Korean diplomat Tae Yongho as a vice minister, the highest-ranking position for a North Kore...
- K-pop leads to death: North Korean youth publicly executed for listening to South Korean musicA 22-year-old man in North Korea was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to and sharing K-pop music and South Korean films, according t...
- South Korea activists defy warning to fly balloons into NorthAn activist group in South Korea said on Thursday it had flown balloons into North Korea carrying leaflets criticising leader Kim Jong Un, ...
- North Korea's trash balloons deepen tensions with the South. Here's what's happening between rivalsTensions rise between North and South Korea as North Korea sends balloons carrying trash to South Korea, prompting retaliatory steps from t...
- North Korea threatens to respond to anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets with a 'shower of shells'The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South. They included Park Sang-hak, who has been...
- North Korea apparently reopens border due to economic difficulties: SeoulNorth Korea has decided to reopen its border after more than three years of tight virus curbs due to economic challenges. The country has a...
- How North Korean women and children face hardships after defecting to South KoreaNorth Korean women escaping to China face even less freedom and are vulnerable to trafficking and violence. Third-country-born children of ...
- North Korea: Two-year-old sent to life imprisonment after Bible found in parents' possessionIt is estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 North Korean citizens have been imprisoned for ‘being Christians’. An entire family, includi...
- South Korean crosses armed border in rare defection to NorthThe border crossing, which is illegal in South Korea, came as North Korea carries out strict anti-coronavirus measures since shutting borde...
- North Korea to redeploy troops near border amid tensionsThe North Korean announcements came a day after it blew up a joint liaison office set up on its side of the border as part of a 2018 peace ...
- Entrepreneurs in North Korea? Not as rare as you would thinkThere’s an e-commerce site called Manmulsang -- which means the everything store, in a nod to Amazon.com Inc. -- and Okryu, a mobile-shoppi...
- 20,000 North Koreans work as bonded labourers abroad: UN reportSome of the host countries for such workers apart from Russia and China are Mongolia, Malaysia, Qatar, Kuwait, among others.
- UN official defends stance on North Korea rights abusesUnited Nations' official in charge of investigating human rights abuses in North Korea says he stands by UN findings on widespread abuses.
- North Korea tells UN to drop call for ICC referralThe resolution was followed by the first-ever Security Council meeting on Pyongyang's rights record, which was held despite opposition from...
- Myanmar building nuke reactor, says media reportAfter Iran and North Korea, the next international pariah to be accused of having nuclear ambitions is Myanmar. If true, the full weight of...
- China to close bridges linked to NKorea for OlympicsChina plans to shut down all bridges linked to N Korea during next month's Olympics as part of its efforts to prevent N Koreans from crossi...
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