North Korea is using forced labor from its network of prison camps to mine coal and other minerals to boost exports and earn foreign currency, using the cash to support its nuclear weapons programs, ...

An analysis of satellite images suggests that at least one North Korean prison camp has been significantly expanded over the past decade, including since the death of former premier Kim Jong-Il. The ...

The West has largely fixated on images of nuclear test sites, but a more fundamental engine of the Kim Jong-un regime remain unchallenged: A domestic system of terror that is different from the Soviet ...

Satellite photos obtained by Amnesty International indicate growing political prison camps in North Korea, now estimated to hold 200,000 people, Reuters reported. Former inmates from the camp at Yodok ...

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Charles Ryu started living on the street in North Korea when he was 11 years old. After his mother died of starvation, and with his father living in China, Ryu survived by begging strangers for food ...

The Canadian pastor who released from a North Korean prison camp has recounted the privations he suffered during two and a half years of hard labor. Wearing a dark suit, with his hair cropped short, ...

South Korean media is banned in North Korea, but the report said that a black market is widespread throughout society despite ...