From most angles in Pyongyang, the Ryugyong Hotel looks finished and ready for guests. The glass skin is smooth, the 330-metre pyramid sharp against the skyline, its tip tapering into a neat, ...

When Janet Newenham saw an Instagram post about a trip to North Korea, she couldn’t move fast enough. ‘I dropped everything ...

Growing revenues from trade with Russia and cybercrime and tightening state control are giving Kim Jong-un more economic and ...

Since the time of Kim Il Sung, North Korea has sought to compensate for its mountainous terrain and shortage of arable land through tideland reclamation. After Kim Jong Un assumed ...

Recognizing the immutable nature of the North Korean regime is not pessimism. It is realism -- what this moment demands of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Socialist Patriotic Youth League offers a window into how the North Korean authorities uses state-run organizations to ...