Stars and Stripes: No ‘free life’ in North Korea, even for the elite, former diplomat says in Tokyo
TOKYO — A senior North Korean diplomat who defected two years ago painted a grim picture of life in the hermit kingdom Thursday as he described his disillusionment and escape from the totalitarian ...
No ‘free life’ in North Korea, even for the elite, former diplomat says in Tokyo
A new gallery of rare photographs offers an unusual look at everyday life in North Korea, from Pyongyang's streets to remote border towns. The images, captured by visitors and from across the Chinese ...
Jan. 20 (UPI) --Have you ever considered what it would feel like to discover that the life you've lived, the sacrifices you've made, were all built on lies? This is the question every North Korean who ...
CNN: 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 ...
These North Korean brothers spent 10 years planning their escape. Months after reaching freedom, everything changed
The World from PRX on MSN: North Korea’s complex relationship with its Christian past
The late Kim Il Sung — the founding dictator of North Korea's communist regime — is forever enshrined as the country's Eternal President. It's a powerful cult of personality from which the regime ...
Most of what we know about North Korea does not come through open reporting or official transparency. Information reaches the outside world in fragments, usually carried by defectors, foreign ...