In 2025, the North Korean government increased surveillance, information controls, and restrictions on market activity despite deepening food insecurity and inequality.

North Korea has been confirmed to be preparing for a large-scale military parade ahead of the 9th Workers' Party Congress. In the area around the Mirim Training Ground in eastern Pyongyang, which is ...

North Korean soldiers were seen practicing marching formations in preparation for a possible parade ahead of the country's ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for an "epochal progress" in the development of rural areas, the North's state ...

At the initiative of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Korean People's Army provided assistance to the Russian Armed Forces in liberating the Kursk Region from Ukrainian forces ...

The Republic of Tatarstan has become a key supplier of elite horses for North Korea's ceremonial cavalry regiment, also used by Kim Jong Un.

North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song has highlighted the regional development initiative being pushed for by leader Kim Jong-un as the state's top priority, calling on officials to devote themselves to ...

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In this model, Kim Ju Ae functions less as a trainee for rule than as a reserve source of legitimacy. Even if the leadership ...

Kim Jong Un vowed to "transform" North Korea with a drive to build public health facilities, leisure complexes and industrial ...

North Korea struck a maritime target Tuesday during the test firing of an upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher ...

North Korea fired what appeared to be ballistic missiles off its east coast days after the U.S. released a new defense strategy signaling a reduction in American military support to deter Pyongyang’s ...