A return to a Coronavirus Emergency Quarantine posture is underway in North Korea’s Ryanggang province as cases of a respiratory disease with symptoms similar to COVID-19 increase, and at least one ...

North Korea has deployed 1,500 elite special forces soldiers to the Sino-Korean border area of northern Ryanggang province to target corruption and smuggling while preventing citizens from escaping to ...

North Korea said on Friday it had confirmed that cases of unknown fever reported near its border with China were patients with the flu, state media reported. A worker wearing a protective suit swabs a ...

A married couple was executed by firing squad in North Korea after being caught trying to flee with their 14-year-old nephew, according to a report. The husband and wife, from Ryanggang province near ...

Flood victims in North Korea have returned to their homes after spending four months in the capital, Pyongyang, state-run Korea Central News Agency reported on Friday. Floods displaced thousands of ...

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly passed a ‘secret’ order banning suicide in the country. The 39-year-old leader described the act as "treason against socialism" and has ordered local ...

North Korea has never confirmed how many people caught COVID-19, apparently lacking the means to conduct widespread testing. (Photo source: Reuters) North Korea said on Friday it had confirmed that ...