A local version of Spam. Smartphones, or two, for everyone. Amid escalating U.S.-North Korea tensions, former journalist Jean Lee visits Pyongyang and finds that, at least there, life has improved.

North Korean defectors speak out about challenges escaping and adjusting to life in a modern society. Kim Jong Un's regime has been accused of multiple human rights abuses.

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA – AUGUST 21: North Korean men read a newspaper displayed at a station on the Pyongyang metro on August 21, 2018 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite ongoing… Getty Images ...

“In North Korea, life only gets better if the state helps you. But these days, the state doesn’t help. We’re on our own.” — The bride, now 23, from Hyesan. Escaped from North Korea in ...

Escaping North Korea is one of the most dangerous and nearly impossible feats anyone can attempt. In this video, we explore the harsh realities of attempting to flee the secretive and oppressive ...

The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, unveiled in a ceremony on June 24, is found on North Korea’s eastern coast.

I visited the North Korean border - one of the most heavily guarded and politically charged places on Earth. Standing just steps from the DMZ, I witnessed the stark contrast between two worlds and ...

As Lee explains, propagandized since birth, the people of North Korea know nothing of what life is like outside their own borders. The brutal dictatorships of Kim Jong-un and his predecessors Kim ...

Life in North Korea is also unsafe in other ways. In 2014 and regarding residential property, officials made a rare apology for the collapse of an under-construction, ...

A girl and her North Korean defector mother hold portraits of a 42-year-old defector mother and her 6-year-old son who were found dead in starvation as they march during their funeral in Seoul ...

Six North Korean soldiers in the past three years have run for a new life to South Korea by crossing the demilitarized zone, aka DMZ. Kim is one of those courageous young men in their 20s who ...

The abuse North Korea inflicted on Otto Warmbier, the American student who died this week after returning home to the U.S. following more than a year of imprisonment, is something up to 120,000 ...