Following the death of North Korea strongman Kim Jong Il, all eyes are on his successor, son Kim Jong Un. What changes will he implement?... Read more»
The world is a better place now that Kim Jong Il is no longer in it. For more than six decades, people in North Korea have been consigned to lives of dire poverty and cruel oppression under one of the most totalitarian regimes the world has ever known.... Read more»
It is possible that by legalizing and regulating the dog meat industry, we could put an end to the cramming of dogs in cages and the bludgeoning of dogs to death?... Read more»1
Newly released footage shot over several months by an undercover North Korean journalist suggests that Kim Jong Il’s iron fist is weakening. For the first time, it seems, the all-powerful army, which used to be immune from famine, is also going hungry... Read more»1
Just when you thought North Korea couldn’t get any more disturbing. A leaked official police document reportedly details at least one case of cannibalism. If true, the report would validate what has been rumored in the North for quite some time: that people are so hungry they are eating other people.... Read more»2
Given the increasingly dire economic situation in North Korea, people are losing faith in Kim Jong Il. And they are expressing their cynicism through reinterpretations of government slogans, reports the Daily NK.... Read more»1
Despite previous success, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter didn’t seem to garner good will toward the release of a detained American, reportedly held for months over his missionary work.... Read more»
For a brief moment, it seemed as though the two Koreas were on the verge of another war. With both sides promising to destroy the other in case of another attack, who would doubt the crisis was anything but critical? In Seoul, the pressure is on to get back to business as usual.... Read more»
Defectors say the North’s recent hostilities betray regime’s desperation.... Read more»
South Korea will hold military exercises in the next few days in the area shelled by North Korea last month, according to reports.... Read more»
Analysis: Could the secret to bringing down Pyongyang be as simple as spinning the radio dial?... Read more»
The United States and South Korea face an imminent problem and they do not seem to have the answer. At what point do rhetoric and war games escalate into serious reprisals against North Korea?... Read more»
On Wednesday, North Korea launched the first direct artillery attack on South Korean territory since the Korean War ended in an armistice in 1953.... Read more»
The North Korean artillery barrage Tuesday on an obscure South Korean island was much more serious than previous naval clashes in the same disputed waters for one basic reason. “It was the first time they attacked us on land since the Korean War,” said Lee Jong Min. One incident won’t signal change. But what’s the likelihood of another?... Read more»
All eyes are on Pyongyang as the U.S. and South Korea have launched a military exercise in a demonstration of firepower designed to tame North Korean saber-rattling four months after the regime torpedoed a South Korean navy ship.... Read more»
What do the sinking of a ship, stalled talks and Kim Jong Il’s secretive son add up to? Trouble.... Read more»
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