There are many dangers of urban life but, up until now, getting executed for cell phone use was not one of them. This tragic event took place in North Korea where authorities captured, tortured and then executed a man for violating ...

Like many in the insulated west, I've long been fascinated by North Korea, what life is like in there, and what will happen to the peninsula after the walls come down. (Of course, I'm half a world away, so I have the luxury of being...

Here’s a rare glimpse of official art from North Korea, with explanations by B.R. Myers, a contributor to Foreign Policy magazine.“Kim Jong Il comforts a distraught nation after his father's death on July 8, 1994. In the background ...

In the capital of North Korea life is beautiful. The girls are beautiful. Even the traffic cops are beautiful. But Ms. Ro Yong Mi, who enjoys being a girl in the People’s Security Bureau's Traffic Control Corps, has too much J...

by KYLE MIZOKAMI U.K. reporters to be denied embeds during Afghan election campaign Defector explains how North Korea exports arms worldwide China: military bark worse than its bite, for now Russia’s North Caucasus insurgency tu...

Like a strong drink, North Korea’s shrill Stalinist rhetoric should be consumed in small sips. A good time of year to sample this brew is in March, when the U.S. and South Korea hold joint military exercises called Key Resolve/Foal ...

North Korea said on Tuesday it would boost its nuclear capability in response to what it considers "continuing U.S. military threats and provocations," the Yonhap news agency said, citing the North's official Korean Central News Age...

The Korean-American missionary who was released Feb. 6 after six weeks’ imprisonment in North Korea has suffered a mental breakdown due sexual abuse while he was in custody. Robert Park, 28, has been in a California mental facility ...

North Korea has broadcast a rare video of leader Kim Jong-il attending a massive rally marking the reopening of a textile factory on Saturday. Kim,...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the U.S. kicked off annual military exercises Monday, a day after North Korea denounced the training as a...

NATO suspends training of Kosovo security force Swedish Armed Forces cuts troops and bases North Korea warns U.S. and South of nuclear build-up Commissioning Ceremony for USS Dewey China warns again against Hong Kong democracy push ...

ROGER AND ME NORTH KOREA.

If you're looking for one of the few remaining remnants of Soviet-era bureaucracy, don't set your gaze on Castro's Cuba or North Korea. The Post...

Via the kids over at Digg, a wonderfully informative poster on the "craziest country the world," the Democratic Republic of North Korea. And while I knew about the plan to breed a species of giant rabbits that would feed the p...

"The armaments factory worker was accused of divulging the price of rice and other information on living conditions to a friend who had defected to South Korea years ago.... The man, surnamed Chong, made calls to the defector using ...

Computers, WebNorth Korea is renowned for many things, including famine, human rights violations, a comically evil leader, and the world's worst arcade. But as far as the IT industry goes, the country does not immediate...

If you guys weren't terrified of North Korea by now, here's more evidence that the country is absolutely nuts: they've developed their own Linux distribution! It's called Red Star OS, and we can thank a Russian student for unearthin...

Ian Bremmer is the president of the Eurasia Group, a New York based think-tank. He is one of the leading American experts on Russia, the Post-Soviet states and Asia. Mr.Bremmer is also the author of "The End of the Free Market: Who ...

The stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear program could resume as early as in the next few months, China's top North Korean envoy said on Friday....

It's not quite Windows 7, but it does have games, an Internet browser and even an e-mail system called Pigeon. Meet Red Star, the new...