Jill LangloisOctober 31, 2012 09:05

Ri hasn’t been seen in public for almost two months, but North Korean state media announced on Monday that she would accompany her husband to a concert at his alma mater, the Kim Il-Sung Military University.

Felix AbtNovember 1, 2012 00:20

North Korea's not as crazy as everyone says

Commentary: Most of what we hear about the Hermit Kingdom comes from defectors, but there's a lot more to the country.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un salutes as he watches a military parade to mark 100 years since the birth of the country's founder and his grandfather, Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

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A peculiar strand of literature on North Korea has been published in recent years, with the authors drawing heavily on interviews with defectors. Sure, North Korea has been a horrific place with famine and prison camps, but these books reveal a single slice of North Korean society. And it's dangerous that they're taken so frequently at face value when they remain unverifiable.

North Korean military officer executed—by mortar round—for drinking during mourning period for Kim Jong Il

Faine GreenwoodOctober 25, 2012 06:57

Military officer Kim Chol was executed with a mortar round this week for the crime of drinking alcohol during the official mourning period for deceased leader Kim Jong Il.

South Korea: Activists drop propaganda on North Korea despite threat of military strike

Jessica PhelanOctober 22, 2012 11:50

Activists in South Korea have carried out their plan to launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, even after authorities in both countries tried to stop them.

Myanmar on "right path" over DPRK military ties

Daniel DeFraiaOctober 22, 2012 07:42

The US has said Myanmar (also known as Burma) is on the "right path" over separating its military ties with North Korea on Monday, but cautioned the relationship between the two nations would take time to change.

North Korea threatens South with 'strike' over propaganda leaflets

Priyanka BoghaniOctober 19, 2012 12:37

The North Korean military said it would launch a "merciless military strike" in response to the leaflets.

Kim Han-Sol, grandson of the late North Korean leader, gives rare interview (VIDEO)

Allison JacksonOctober 19, 2012 08:10

"I have always dreamed one day I will go back and make things better - make it easier for all the people there,” Kim said.

North Korea warns that its missiles can hit US mainland

Alexander BesantOctober 9, 2012 18:46

North Korea claimed Tuesday that its rockets were able to hit the US mainland.

North Korea soldier defects to South Korea across DMZ

News DeskOctober 6, 2012 06:31

Defections across the heavily militarized land border that separates the two Koreas are rare.

North Korea criticizes 'hostile' US, South Korea in UN speech

Faine GreenwoodOctober 1, 2012 18:12

North Korea's head of delegation, Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon, spoke today at the last session of the UN General Assembly, in a brief speech that extolled the leadership of new leader Kim Jong Un and roundly criticized the United States for its supposed abuse of the UN Security Council, as well as the "hostile" policies of both the US and South Korea.