Provinces along the Chinese border are levying fines up to $280 on families with hillside graves, citing damage to national ...

Autumn has arrived, and the Amnok River is bustling with activity. North Korean villages along its banks are crowded with people busy with the fall harvest. Cement factories in Manpo and Hyesan ...

In regime propaganda, North Korea claims victory in the Korean War, which it attributes to the leadership of Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder. North Korea treats Chinese troops as little more than ...

Wealthy residents living near the border with China are buying high-end luxury items brought in by ethnic Chinese traders.

North Korea built a secret missile base just miles from the Chinese border, likely housing missiles capable of hitting the mainland U.S., the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ...

A report has emerged that smuggling of heavy machinery and vehicles, prohibited from export to North Korea under United Nations Security Council sanctions, is surging in the North Korea-China border ...

Around the world, authoritarian regimes have tried to keep their citizens from hearing news of the protests raging throughout the Middle East and in their own countries. Some have tried shutting down ...

SEOUL—North Korea has a heavily fortified, covert military base that could house its newest long-range ballistic missiles, which are potentially capable of striking the U.S. mainland, according to a ...

In a fog-shrouded zone between nations, China’s Yalu River Art Museum challenges the very purpose of an art institution. An aerial view of the Yalu River Art Museum. Courtesy of Hindley Wang. “You may ...