Story Archive
2009-11-19
North Korea may curb mining ventures with China to develop its own industry.
2009-11-18
The Obama administration faces new calls for a more robust stance toward Pyongyang.
2009-11-16
Hundreds of bunkers are decoys, a defector says, while hundreds more contain material for a possible invasion.
2009-11-05
More North Korean missile tests miss the mark.
2009-10-29
Thai authorities detain a group of would-be North Korean defectors.
2009-10-09
Like instant noodles, instant coffee now has an elite following in North Korea.
2009-10-06
A probe into North Korea's mining industry is under way in a bid to reduce graft.
2009-10-05
Defectors give an account of how and why they fled North Korea.
2009-09-28
As China tightens security ahead of a major anniversary, North Korean refugees are even less welcome.
2009-09-22
A budget food item in South Korea is now a prized gourmet item across the border.
2009-09-11
Poetry by teenage North Korean defectors, translated into English for the first time.
2009-09-11
A U.S. aid worker gets a rare glimpse of the lives of North Korean refugees living illegally in China.
2009-08-24
North Korean youths often struggle after they defect to the South, but arts and community service programs provide support.
2009-08-24
Activists say Chinese authorities have video of North Korean defectors filmed by two U.S. reporters who were jailed by North Korea and then expelled.
2009-08-19
North Korea's only major import to the United States has been a highly potent grain alcohol, but new trade curbs are drying up that trade as well.
