What do we really know about North Korea, and what mysteries are the world’s top intelligence agencies still trying to solve? This week, NK News CEO Chad O’Carroll interviewed Dr. Sue Mi Terry, a former senior analyst on Korean issues at the Central In...

Spring has sprung on the peninsula, and the two Koreas are now in summit mode. As the DMZ prepares to host an inter-Korean summit on April 27, North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho is making the diplomatic rounds in Asia and Europe, and in D.C.,

North Korea is a controversial travel destination. While considered a relatively safe place if one abides by local rules and customs, the ethics behind tourism to the DPRK remains a topic of wide debate. While some argue that it is a form of positive e...

With a South Korean art troupe currently in Pyongyang for a series of historic inter-Korean concerts and a third DPRK-ROK summit set to start on April 27, it feels like the two Koreas might – slowly but surely – be taking steps to solve the conflict fi...

After days of speculation that DPRK leader Kim Jong Un had made an impromptu visit to China, Xinhua News on Wednesday confirmed that Kim Jong Un traveled to Beijing for his first trip abroad as head of state.

North Korea is no stranger to unilateral and international sanctions, and in recent years has developed a range of tricks to avoid scrutiny and guarantee much-needed flows of hard currency into its coffers.

In this episode of the “North Korea News Podcast,” we switched gears from the buzz of inter-Korean and DPRK-U.S. developments to discuss something a little more leftfield: a mysterious social network of agitprop cartoons and animations critical of the ...

In this episode of the North Korea News Podcast, NK News invited Dr. Adrian Buzo, a former Australian diplomat and now a lecturer in Korean at Macquarie University in Sydney, to discuss Australia-DPRK relations,

Reflecting increasingly warm inter-Korean relations, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed (via Twitter) his willingness to meet face-to-face with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un this year in what would be the first-ever meeting between a sitting U.S.

With a South Korean delegation currently in Pyongyang and the Winter Paralympics set to start on Thursday, it is certainly an interesting time for inter-Korean and DPRK-U.S. relations. In this episode of the North Korea News podcast,