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From childhood to nuclear tests, insiders say Kim Jong-un has always been 'erratic' Sources inside the country say criticism of the leader by party cadres has increased in recent months. Daily NK reports Lee Sang Yong for Daily NK, part of the North Korea network Wednesday 20 January 2016...

Activist defector ‘redefects’ back to North Korea: Uriminzokkiri Defector previously wrote book on hardships experienced in North Korea Ha-young Choi January 18th, 2016 A North Korean human rights activist defector who previously lived in South Korea has redefected to the North, state...

Chinese border town residents distrust N.Koreans, outsiders At tense times, Changbai residents aren't shy in expressing distrust of visitors, especially Korean Lawrence Steele January 18th, 2016 CHANGBAI, China – Like the smell of coal that wafts from across the narrow Yalu River, suspicion...

UN special rapporteur visits Japan to discuss abduction issue Darusman promises more pressure on North Korea to settle abduction issue Jiwon Song January 19th, 2016 Marzuki Darusman, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the DPRK visited Japan to discuss North Korea’s abduction of...

Pyongyang scatters one million propaganda leaflets across border condemning South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye PUBLISHED : Monday, 18 January, 2016, 4:16pm UPDATED : Monday, 18 January, 2016, 4:18pm Associated Press in Seoul Propaganda leaflets condemning South Korean President Park...

What a retard to be making comparison this way. Had it not for capitalist USA, South Korea would be invaded by the KIM dynasty long ago. South Koreans don't want to live like North Koreans where there is a big gap between the rich elites and the dirt poor. Unlike the South, there is no...

Canadian pastor digs holes alone, sole prisoner of a North Korean labour camp PUBLISHED : Monday, 11 January, 2016, 4:13pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 12 January, 2016, 6:56am Agence France-Presse in Seoul Hyeon Soo-lim, who pastors the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, is escorted to...

Canadian pastor digs holes alone, sole prisoner of a North Korean labour camp PUBLISHED : Monday, 11 January, 2016, 4:13pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 12 January, 2016, 6:56am Agence France-Presse in Seoul Hyeon Soo-lim, who pastors the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, is escorted to his...

Explained: the difference between atomic and hydrogen weapons ... and North Korea’s capacity to launch them See the difference between nuclear weapons and the capacity for North Korea’s missiles to reach targets around the world PUBLISHED : Thursday, 07 January, 2016, 3:12pm UPDATED ...

Explained: the difference between atomic and hydrogen weapons ... and North Korea’s capacity to launch them See the difference between nuclear weapons and the capacity for North Korea’s missiles to reach targets around the world PUBLISHED : Thursday, 07 January, 2016, 3:12pm UPDATED ...

You can find plenty of fakes in North Korea too :D

H-bomb test by North Korea draws condemnation from Beijing PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 06 January, 2016, 11:48pm UPDATED : Thursday, 07 January, 2016, 1:31am Kristine Kwok [email protected] Ko Yun-hwa, of the Korea Meteorological Administration, points to seismic waves observed in South...

Japan planes deployed to collect radioactive material AFP January 7, 2016, 12:03 am Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's defence ministry on Wednesday deployed three planes to collect possible radioactive material following North Korea's claimed hydrogen bomb test, officials said. "To understand the...

Experts sceptical over N. Korean H-bomb claim AFP January 6, 2016, 6:46 pm Seoul (AFP) - Nuclear experts cast doubt Wednesday on North Korea's claimed first successful test of a miniaturised hydrogen bomb, saying the detected seismic activity suggested a less powerful device. The...

H-bomb test by North Korea draws condemnation from Beijing PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 06 January, 2016, 11:48pm UPDATED : Thursday, 07 January, 2016, 1:31am Kristine Kwok [email protected] Ko Yun-hwa, of the Korea Meteorological Administration, points to seismic waves observed in South...

Kim Jong-Un vows to raise living standards, warns foreign 'provocateurs' AFP January 1, 2016, 6:22 pm Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said raising living standards was his top priority in a low-key annual New Year's address on Friday that avoided any explicit reference to...

Kim Jong-Un vows to raise living standards, warns foreign 'provocateurs' AFP January 1, 2016, 6:22 pm Seoul (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said raising living standards was his top priority in a low-key annual New Year's address on Friday that avoided any explicit reference to the...

Is ruthless Kim Jong-un getting soft? North Korea’s former No.2 resurfaces after purge and ‘re-education’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 3:10pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 3:19pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul Choe Ryong-hae talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...

Is ruthless Kim Jong-un getting soft? North Korea’s former No.2 resurfaces after purge and ‘re-education’ PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 3:10pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 3:19pm Agence France-Presse in Seoul Choe Ryong-hae talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...

North Korea’s top official in charge of relations with South dies in traffic accident The death of Kim Yang-gon, a key associate of North Korea’s leader, is widely seen as a blow to efforts at dialogue and reconciliation with Seoul PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 30 December, 2015, 1:22pm UPDATED ...