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 ...

Budae-jjigae, a spicy noodle soup that became popular in North Korea after being imported from South Korea, is just one ...

Photographer Damir Sagolj has taken a series of compelling images that perfectly capture the surreal world that is daily life in North Korea. Shot from China across the border, the pictures ...

It's been 10-11 years since six South Koreans have been detained in North Korea, but there are still no words on whether they ...

North Korean soldiers sent to aid Russia in its fight against Ukraine are dying in droves and some of them have even chosen suicide over surrender, according to officials.

Ukrainian special forces have released several excerpts from a purported diary it said was found on a North Korean soldier ...

In July 1972, the South and North Korea Joint Communique was announced ... “Kim Pyong Il can live out his natural life peacefully if he keeps silent and never raises his voice.” ...

The Ukrainian military is conducting psychological warfare against North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces, seeking to persuade them to surrender rather than needlessly lose their lives ...