Are North Korea decorations a crime, even if they’re meant to be a joke?
Documents viewed by VOA Korean show that at least 31 workers employed at a new construction business in Dakar
Mark Lowcock estimates more than 10 million North Koreans are undernourished, while stressing that humanitarian aid is allowed despite international sanctions on Pyongyang.
With US-North Korea summit approaching, Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in need to coordinate their approaches toward the North to avoid disappointments, according to experts.
Foreign-funded education institutions scaling back as more and more governments issue travel warnings on North Korea, limiting teacher pool.
Apparent disintegration of heat shield near the end of missile's flight suggests Pyongyang has more work to do, according to experts.
South Korea is talking about Lim Ji-hyun, who fled from North Korea in 2014 but who now appears to have returned there; she disappeared three months ago on a trip to China and may have been kidnapped.
If continued, economic sanctions will erode Pyongyang’s grip on power, senior-level North Korean defector Ri Jong Ho tells VOA Korean.
‘I never thought such atrocities and brutality could happen in the socialist system,’ says Ri Jong Ho, who witnessed deaths by machine gun.
Washington is trying to send a clear message to those engaging in human rights abuses that “there’s a price to be paid”.
Diplomat says his country ‘will never give up nuclear weapons’ until US, entire world do so.
South Korea’s foreign ministry estimates North Korea has dispatched about 50,000 laborers to 40 countries, generating about $2 billion a year for country.
Paris-based group remains concerned by failure to address 'significant deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism regime'.
North unilaterally announces wage hike for its workers employed by South Korean firms; Seoul says that's not allowable.
Pyongyang has begun aggressive campaign to cope with mounting international pressure over its treatment of its citizens.
Issue has drawn little attention in Congress, in part because of Washington-Pyongyang friction over cyberattack on Sony Pictures.
The students aged between 11 and 20 will be performing “Arirang,” a well-known Korean folk song and the music of a musical “The Phantom of the Opera.”
