MOSCOW (AP) — When Yekaterina Kobzeva, a nurse at a preschool in Russia’s Ural Mountains, began having trouble breathing, she called an ambulance. It was four days before she managed to find a...

Kim Han-sol is the son of the North Korean leader's half brother, who was killed in 2017.

There were only Three women left to Kim Jong-un who has killed countless talented people! Now they are the core members of the power. What are the three women to the tyrant Kim Jong-un and who is the one who enjoys supreme power with his absolute trust? Younger…

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Antony Blinken has mentioned applying “Iran model” to pressure Pyongyang

The total volume of China's trade with North Korea plunged to its lowest level in October, foreign affairs experts say, underscoring how the North Korean economy has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

In the annals of great escapes, vaulting the barbed wire, heavily-surveilled fence that separates the mined no-man’s land between North and South Korea would surely feature strongly. According to the South Korean media this week, a defector who evaded security…

Ahead of the North Korean military’s winter training set to begin from Dec. 1, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued a new training order to all of the armed forces calling on them to complete preparations for war with a focus on the country’s strategic…

Seo Jae-pyoung is used to scrolling through his phone and reading about how South Koreans work too much and under too tight of deadlines. And whenever that happens, he often thinks about the long, onerous days he put in for the North Korean government. Seo…

There is a new frequency for direct reception of Korean Central Television via Intelsat 21. This is the feed that covers most of western Europe and the Americas. The station has moved as part of a general shift to clear frequencies for 5G cellular use in…

Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A U.N. investigator said he has heard of reports North Korea may have freed as many as 7,000 prisoners, after a report suggested the regime let go of captives suffering from malnutrition.

Diplomatic success will require better sanctions enforcement, not looser sanctions.

Now that Pyongyang’s missiles can hit the U.S. mainland, avoiding calamity means grappling with the nuclear command systems of Kim Jong Un’s monolithic regime.

Now that Pyongyang’s missiles can hit the U.S. mainland, avoiding calamity means grappling with the nuclear command systems of Kim Jong Un’s monolithic regime.

entire province had been “thrown into a state of chaos” due to the smuggling incident that occurred in Hyesan early this month.

Unification Minister Lee In-young said Thursday that South Korea should provide food and fertilizer aid to North Korea next spring at the latest to help the impoverished nation address chronic food shortages. "There are warnings that the coronavirus is crippling…

The entirety of Chagang Province has reportedly been put under lockdown due to suspected cases of COVID-19, Daily NK has learned.

North Korea executed a “big-shot” currency exchange worker in Pyongyang late last month after the country’s exchange rate dramatically dropped, South Korean lawmakers said on Friday. After speaking with the country’s intelligence agency behind closed doors…