What it’s like to be an American held in North Korea
What kind of conditions is Otto Warmbier being held in? We try to find some answers.
View ArticleNorth Korea works around the clock to prepare for Kim Jong Un’s ‘70-day...
TOKYO — North Korea is holding the first congress of its ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years next month, and all hands are on deck. Literally all hands. Kim Jong Un’s regime has mobilized people around...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s news service barely needs to be spoofed, but this duo nails it
The statements that come out of the North Korean propaganda machine often seem like parody, with denunciations of “imperialist puppets” and “running dogs” and threats to turn enemy countries into a...
View ArticleAn American GI defected to North Korea. Now his sons are propaganda stars.
Their names are Ted and James, and they look like the kinds of men you might bump into on the streets of Richmond, Va., where their father was born. But they’re speaking perfect North Korean and...
View ArticleThe Olympics are tough for all athletes. For North Koreans, they’re worse.
It's hard to fathom the excitement and stress athletes from all over the world feel when competing at the Olympic Games. But imagine if you were in Rio representing one of the most notoriously...
View ArticleChina slams U.S.-South Korea military drills even as it stages naval war...
BEIJING — China and the United States have been trading accusations as both sides conduct war games across East Asia, and tensions are rising from the South China Sea to the East China Sea to the...
View ArticleQ&A: Everything you need to know about the North Korean nuclear test
What exactly did North Korea do? And why now?
View ArticleDid Trump really suggest that China should invade North Korea?
TOKYO — How do you solve a problem like North Korea? It’s a problem that has befuddled American presidents for decades. Well, Donald Trump, has a new idea. In the first debate Monday night, the...
View ArticleAs Trump and North Korea’s Kim spar, China poses as the responsible actor
BEIJING — President-elect Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been trading threats this week, while China poses as the mature, reasonable kid on the block. Kim kicked things off in a...
View ArticleA not-that-short history of North Korean assassinations and attempts
TOKYO — The North Korean regime is widely being blamed for ordering the sensational assassination this week of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged older half-brother of leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Nam was...
View ArticleNorth Korea tests four more missiles — and China’s patience
Pyongyang can’t stop shooting (a) missiles into the sea and (b) itself in the foot. At 7:36 a.m. Monday, local time, North Korea launched four missiles that flew about 600 miles over land before...
View ArticleWill North Korea fire a missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland? Probably.
Kim Jong Un has declared North Korea is close to testing a missile that can reach the U.S. Is it time to freak out?
View ArticleWhy is April 15 such a big deal in North Korea?
Here’s a brief rundown on why Kim Il Sung – who’s officially “Eternal President,” even 23 years after his death – remains so important in North Korea.
View ArticleHere are the missiles North Korea just showed off, one by one.
Experts were stunned by the range of apparently new missiles on display, and the sheer number of them.
View ArticleNervous over North Korea, Japan issues guidelines for missile attack
The government is preparing its citizens to be ready in case a missile hits Japan.
View ArticleThis hostel in Berlin is a clandestine cash cow for North Korea
Berlin’s City Hostel appears at first glance to be a simple, cheap option for staying in the German capital. It’s not far from landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate, and while online reviews complain...
View ArticleWhy does North Korea hate the United States? Let’s go back to the Korean War.
North Korea tells its people terrible things about what the American forces did during the Korean War. And it's not all wrong.
View ArticleDennis Rodman just gave Kim Jong Un ‘The Art of the Deal.’ And it may be a...
TOKYO — If Donald Trump was hoping to use the negotiating skills honed during decades in business to strike a bargain with Kim Jong Un, he’d better think again. Dennis Rodman, the former basketball...
View ArticleWhy North Korea threatened Guam, the tiny U.S. territory with big military power
North Korea said it was reviewing plans to strike U.S. military targets in Guam with medium-range ballistic missiles to create “enveloping fire,” according to state media. KCNA: "The nuclear war...
View ArticleSouth Koreans ask: Crisis? What crisis?
South Koreans have become inured to the threat of North Korea.
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