North Korea News News North Korea » Life: North Korea, Russia open Tumen River bridge named for Soviet hero
North Korea and Russia held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 7 for a new automobile bridge over the Tumen River, enabling direct vehicle travel between the two countries. The bridge was named ...
News North Korea » Life: North Korea didn't just divide a country; it divided my family
When the day of unification of North Korea and South Korea finally comes, the writer hopes that film can be a warm bridge between them.
News North Korea » Life: Inside North Korea’s stunning transformation – and the billions funding its defiance
While Australia’s economy slows to a crawl, our most mysterious neighbour is enjoying a whiplash change of fortune.
News North Korea » Life: Watching an American movie in North Korea can end with public punishment
In most countries, watching a film is the least remarkable thing you could do with an evening. In North Korea, it depends entirely on where the film came from. An American movie or a South Korean ...
News North Korea » Life: North Korea’s Execution State: When Law Becomes a Tool of Terror
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 ...
News North Korea » Life: 9 Unseen Designs From Life in North Korea
“I was charmed and simply taken by the graphic design elements of the products there,” Bonner writes of his experiences in North Korea. “Many were not technically or legally ‘available’ to me, a ...
News North Korea » Life: A 43-second window into North Korea's sanctions loopholes
Pyongyang's automotive landscape has changed considerably since the years when I lived there. Chinese-made vehicles have become far more common.
News North Korea » Life: Japanese Court Rules North Korea Owes Compensation Over Its Past Repatriation Push
In January, the Tokyo District Court found that a tort had been committed and ordered the North Korean government to pay compensation over the repatriation project that sent ethnic Koreans in Japan to ...
News North Korea » Life: New research unpacks North Korea’s stealthy, sophisticated remote IT worker schemes
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this illustration, a hacker wearing a hoodie sits at a computer in front of a North Korean flag. North Korea's remote IT worker ...
News North Korea » Life: These North Korean brothers spent 10 years planning their escape. Months after reaching freedom, everything changed
Two brothers spent a decade plotting their escape from North Korea – an audacious plan conceived by their late father, whose ashes they carried as they crept toward a boat moored in the shadows. There ...
News North Korea » Life: Why North Korea's women's football team is so good
North Korea's young footballers enter the U-20 World Cup in Poland as defending champions — the 2024 title was their third. Why is the isolated state so good at the game? A year ago, North Korea's ...