Kim Jong Il

Punishments for North Koreans caught with foreign content vary based on factors like content, status, and reporting.

Kim Jong Un meets with China's Wang Huning to deepen ties with Beijing.

China's Xi is reportedly worried that North Korea's Kim wants to confront the US.

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

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea June 8-9, his first trip in seven years, to reassert Beijing's influence over Pyongyang amid the country's deepening ties with Russia.

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

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

Former US ambassadors debated whether international law permits military strikes against rule-breaking regimes developing nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism, citing historical precedent where force halted atrocities when diplomacy failed.

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

Kim Jong Un won 99.93% of votes in North Korea's parliamentary election. His ruling Workers' Party of Korea secured a near-total victory.

South Korea suspects female North Korean agents killed Kim Jong Nam.

The U.S. struck over 170 Iranian targets and reimposed a naval blockade, yet Iran resists opening the Strait of Hormuz and limiting nuclear enrichment because coercion typically fails without credible reassurance that compliance ensures survival.

Did China's Xi visit North Korea because an emboldened Kim Jong Un wants to confront the U.S.?

Russia's Ukraine invasion enabled North Korea to earn over $10 billion from ammunition supplies and soldier deployment, driving unexpected economic growth of 3.7% in 2024 and transforming Pyongyang with digital services, vehicles, and construction.

North Korea's young workers game the 8·3 labor system

North Korea's new constitution deepens split with Seoul

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 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.

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

Kim Jong Un weighs response to US actions in Iran and Venezuela, amid North Korea's complex relations with the US.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un praises a 65-year-old treaty with China for ensuring regional and global peace and security.

Kim Jong Un's mother, Ko Yong Hui, remains a secret due to her complex background.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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