Kim Il Sung

North Korean police officers are being disciplined for singing banned songs and using crude slang, deemed ideological laxity.

China and North Korea have a complex relationship, with China providing economic support.

Chinese President Xi Jinping stayed at Kumsusan state guest house during his visit to North Korea.

North Korea pressures wealthy traders to donate rice under the "patriotic rice" campaign.

The unlikely inspiration for North Korea’s first dictator

North Korea's new constitution deepens split with Seoul

North Korea's constitutional amendments signal a policy of assurance towards South Korea, dropping territorial claims and aggressive language.

North Korea held its Workers' Party Congress in February, announcing a new five-year economic development plan while establishing regular five-year meetings, signaling governmental stability despite increased secrecy and conditional willingness to improve U.S. relations.

North Korea's ruling Kim family adopted and reshaped Christian culture into a state ideology centered on regime loyalty.

North Korea's 2024 "20×10" policy aims to develop 20 cities annually over a decade, reducing regional inequality and establishing 200 economic clusters under state control, though structural constraints like limited foreign investment and sanctions threaten long-term sustainability.

North Korea remains uniquely powerful among former Soviet bloc nations.

South Korea's spy agency identifies Kim Jong-un's daughter as his likely successor.

Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, emerges as potential supreme leader, possibly becoming the country's first female leader.

Trump needs a history lesson to save Taiwan from China's claims.

Xi Jinping is staying at North Korea's ultra-exclusive state guest house near Kumsusan Palace complex.

Kim Jong Un has never publicly mentioned his mother, Ko Yong Hui, due to her vulnerable social status.

North Korea's economic structure is based on Soviet-style socialism with centralized authority and state control.

Analysts have long feared North Korea's potential collapse could trigger regional catastrophe, yet the regime unexpectedly survived. The article now warns the United States, under Trump's leadership, exhibits similar destabilizing patterns threatening comparable consequences.

Did Christianity Inspire North Korea?

North Korea revises its constitution, removing reunification references with South Korea.

Kim Jong-un confirms North Korean troops practice "self-blasting" or suicide rather than being captured.

Following North Korea's January 2026 Party Congress, wealthy private traders called donju are retreating from markets amid intensified surveillance by security agencies, risking supply chain disruption for ordinary citizens dependent on informal markets for food and consumer goods.

North Korea operates two casinos exclusively for foreign visitors while banning gambling domestically, using the venues and diaspora connections to Japan's pachinko industry to generate hundreds of millions in funds for its sanctioned regime.

South Korea's spy agency considers Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter as his likely successor.

North Korea and Belarus signed a treaty. Analysts see this as Pyongyang's alignment with Russia and Belarus.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited North Korea to reinforce ties and keep Pyongyang within Beijing's fold.

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits North Korea, reaffirming a long-standing alliance.

Kim Jong Un's daughter gains attention for her modern fashion sense.

North Korea's new constitution removes reunification references with South Korea.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un overhauls security and intelligence agencies to project a normal state image.

Megawati Soekarnoputri meets South Korean presidential advisor to discuss geopolitics and Korean reunification.

Kim Jong-un's new outfit signals boldness and pride in North Korea's tactical nuclear program.

Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter conduct "invasion rehearsal" drills, firing live rockets in response to US-South Korean military training.

North Korea's security officials received food rations, but felt squeezed due to economic downturn and stricter oversight.

The Ethereum Foundation's security program exposed approximately 100 North Korean IT workers infiltrating crypto firms across 53 projects, helping freeze hundreds of thousands in stolen assets amid escalating threats from Pyongyang's organized cybercrime operations targeting the industry.

Seoul's spy agency reportedly considers Kim Jong Un's 13-year-old daughter as his potential successor.

Kim Jong Un stated North Korea will maintain its nuclear-armed status. He called South Korea a hostile state.