North Koreans caught watching South Korean television shows face punishments including public humiliation, labor camps, and ...

North Korea is carrying out arbitrary punishments, including executions, against citizens caught watching South Korean television, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday says.

In 2025, the North Korean government increased surveillance, information controls, and restrictions on market activity ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explore unusual North Korean laws, societal risks, and what makes them shocking.

I explore unusual laws and strict rules reported to exist in North Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that leader Kim Jong Un observed test-flights of hypersonic missiles and underscored the need to bolster the country’s nuclear war deterrent, as the ...

North Korea enters 2026 with domestic stability intact but facing a complex external environment. Inter-Korean relations remain frozen under Pyongyang’s ‘hostile two states’ policy, even as restraint ...

Kim Jong Un, center, inspects test-flights of hypersonic missiles, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 4, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) North Korea said Monday that leader ...

North Korea on Sunday fired a number of ballistic missiles to its east prior to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung heading to China, the South Korean military said, according to The Associated Press ...

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday, according to South Korean officials. The launches took place just hours before South Korea's president left for China ...

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Sunday morning, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missiles were detected around 7:50 a.m. from North ...

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea Sunday, its neighbors said, just hours before South Korea’s president left for China for talks expected to cover North Korea’s nuclear ...