Story Archive
2017-02-23
Trips in both directions fall in number following the murder of Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother.
2017-02-22
A verbal war has erupted and Malaysia has recalled its ambassador to Pyongyang.
2017-02-22
Police are asking embassy to hand over a second secretary and state airline worker.
2017-02-21
Full autopsy results are expected later this week, officials say.
2017-02-20
Diplomatic spat heats up as Malaysia rebukes Pyongyang’s envoy over outburst.
2017-02-19
Exact cause of death still unclear but police are treating the case as murder, officials say.
2017-02-17
One suspect was duped into thinking she was taking part in a reality TV prank, Indonesian officials say.
2017-02-17
Pyongyang demands immediate release of Kim Jong-Nam's body and says it will reject autopsy results.
2017-02-16
Indonesian woman, Malaysian man are arrested in connection with the case.
2017-02-15
Yoji Gomi, the author of a book on the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, gives his thoughts on the murder.
2017-02-15
South Korean officials 'certain' victim is half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
2017-02-14
Victim named as 46-year-old Kim Chol in passport, officials say.
2017-02-13
Security Council says missile launch Saturday and last October violate sanctions and threaten peace.
2017-02-12
Pyongyang' first missile launch of 2017 comes as Trump reaffirms close alliance with Japan.
2017-02-10
AEI scholar says a sustained, multifaceted effort at 'threat reduction' needed after 25 years of failed nuclear negotiations with Pyongyang.
2017-02-09
Pyongyang’s old standby mobilization method finds fewer takers than before.
2017-02-09
Andrei Lankov says North Korea will behave more rationally now that it must deal with an unpredictable Trump administration.
2017-02-08
Domestic products are being passed over in favor of more expensive products imported from China.
2017-02-06
The products were left behind in the industrial park when South Korea pulled out following North Korean nuke and missile tests.
2017-02-02
Designed to bring in foreign currency for Pyongyang, the restaurants are attracting fewer customers as UN sanctions take hold.
2017-01-30
A North Korea expert and former US negotiator says Kim Jong Un should forgo weapons tests and return to talks.
2017-01-26
A shortage of chemical fertilizer this year means residents must be mobilized to work in the fields instead of going shopping.
2017-01-25
Even the highest rated countries in the region are still corrupt.
2017-01-18
Jan. 7 killings in Yanggang province were apparently sparked by bullying of young conscript, sources said.
2017-01-12
Chinese and North Korean Traders are quietly shipping popular South Korean ramen and specialty barbecue sauces, a show of Seoul's soft power that bothers Pyongyang.
2017-01-09
Expert says North Korea advertises and exaggerates its missile plans because it wants to make the U.S. feel threatened.
2016-12-21
The 'defector rapper' Kang Chun-hyok discusses his music, art and why rap is a metaphor for life in North Korea.
2016-12-15
Kim's directive is sent to local party leaders, but may also be aimed at corruption in the military.
2016-12-09
With high oil prices, North Koreans have again turned to the cheap but dirty fuel to power trucks.
2016-12-07
Residents of the Rason Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are making a killing on hemp, a week strain of cannabis popular among some Chinese tourists.
