SEOUL--There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country’s food insecurity has flared as its top ...

North Korea has proven amazingly resilient. There is almost no evidence of significant popular dissatisfaction with the Kim Jong Il regime, despite chronic shortages of food and fuel and the ...

In recent years, photographers have captured everyday life in North Korea ... of its citizens face high poverty levels and severe food shortages. The CIA says the country "remains one of the ...

If a concrete deal is to be reached with North Korea, the U.S. needs to take a leading role in any potential negotiations to ...