Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry ...

North Korea possesses several sophisticated or pseudo-sophisticated air defense systems, from the ancient SA-2 to the more modern KN-06. The KN-06 is very similar to the Russian S-300 and the ...

North Korea was declared a palpable threat in 2003 after they tested nuclear weapons despite ... Various groups who populated the Korean peninsula in ancient times merged into a homogeneous people ...

Even the harbors of Pusan, Ulsan, and P’ohang in the South, and Wonsan in the North, are more engineering miracles than gifts of nature. The poetic interpretation of the word Korea—“Land of High ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued a stern warning, stating that North Korea will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened. This statement follows rising tensions ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...

An announcement by North Korea's military that it is completely cutting road and rail links to South Korea likely heralds renewed activity near the border which had, until this year, been rare. David ...

From runners in perfect gear to families with strollers and couples with dogs, nearly 7,000 participated in a fun race in the ...

all those explosions and roaring (if ancient) jet fighters have been replaced by an increase in arts programmes and an emphasis on youth. Broadcast media and newspapers in North Korea are all ...

We must be ready for volatility in the regime, which may escalate over the next few years. The fate of the Korean Peninsula ...

North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a “double-digit” number of bombs and is making progress in its efforts to develop more powerful and accurate missiles targeting rival ...