N. Korea has ordered grocery store managers to follow strict new rules on purchasing, pricing, and disposal, with quarterly inspections set to begin this spring.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been reelected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, with delegates crediting him ...

Most of us throw on jeans without a second thought. However, in North Korea, doing so could get you in serious trouble because denim is completely banned. But that's not all. Over the years, the ...

Security experts, United Nations officials, and congressional leaders have for years insisted that in dealing with North Korea, its government’s systemic human rights abuses need to be addressed ...

I explore unusual laws and strict rules reported to exist in North Korea.

At the Fifth East Asian Forum for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tokyo, participants emphasized that abolishing capital punishment is crucial for protecting human dignity, calling it “state ...

The mood music is building to a crescendo. This week Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s dictator, spoke to his rubber-stamp parliament about his “fond memories” of meeting Donald Trump, with whom he held ...

South Korea’s ousted leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, was accused of trying to stoke military tensions to justify his short-lived martial law last December. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul A South Korean ...