Story Archive
2020-12-31
Since January closure, Pyongyang has introduced a cascade of security measures to stop illegal border crossers.
2020-12-30
The appeal cites China’s obligation as a UN member to uphold non refoulement principles.
2020-12-28
With no explosives or electricity, underfed miners spent months digging for coal with pickaxes and shovels.
2020-12-22
Activist calls on President Moon Jae-in to veto bill to protect South Korea’s constitution.
2020-12-21
Food shortage expected to worsen in spring as country grows only 80 percent of what it needs.
2020-12-18
Future secret agents assigned to neighborhood watch units to observe ‘and threaten’ the poor.
2020-12-17
Like other former servicemen, the captain had been tuning in at sea for decades.
2020-12-16
Former refugee Ji Seong-ho, now South Korean lawmaker, details meetings with U.S. counterparts during recent visit.
2020-12-15
Critics accuse Seoul of compromising on human rights for inter-Korean dialogue.
2020-12-14
Sources describe empty squares in front of normally bustling train stations as transit ban goes into effect.
2020-12-14
Desperate citizens complain that they have no other way to make a living.
2020-12-12
‘Prisoner 00’ witnessed human rights abuses and crimes against humanity behind bars.
2020-12-09
Residents suspect the mobilization campaign was really aimed at squeezing cash out of them from the start.
2020-12-08
North Korea has not changed politically enough to apply lessons from formerly communist Eastern Europe, she says.
2020-12-04
Exodus of diplomats and aid workers leaves North Korean population vulnerable.