November 3, 2015 To stay afloat in info age, NKorea creates private web North Korea thinks Bright -- a self-contained, tightly controlled Intranet -- is the authoritarian answer to the freewheeling Internet.
November 2, 2015 UN in North Korea: Four years after office reopens, auditors warn of old problems Four years after the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) reopened an office in North Korea that had been closed in the wake of revelations of millions in hard currency transfers and of “dual-use” technology handed over to the communist regime, it has been given a top rating by UNDP auditors, despite their concerns about lax oversight, dubious record-keeping and erratic financial controls.
October 21, 2015 Chernobyl 2? Watching the world’s aging power plants North Korea’s aging Yongbyon nuclear power plant probably won't lead to a nuclear catastrophe, despite an alarming report calling it the next Chernobyl -- but the danger posed by the world’s aging reactors is real nonetheless.
July 22, 2015 North Korea claims it has developed cure for MERS, Ebola, and AIDS The authoritarian, impoverished nation better known for pursuing a nuclear program despite global criticism announced Friday it has a drug can prevent and cure MERS, Ebola, SARS and AIDS.
June 15, 2015 South Korea says North Korean soldier defected across DMZ South Korean officials said Monday that a North Korean soldier defected by crossing the heavily fortified border between the two countries.
May 21, 2015 North Korean general believed to be behind 2010 attacks on South dies at 77 The North Korean military general believed by archrival South Korea to have been behind two attacks on South Korea that killed 50 people in 2010 has died. He was 77.
May 21, 2015 North Korea aid faces 'significant underfunding,' UN report says Humanitarian aid for North Korea faces “significant underfunding” while more than half of the population faces food insecurity, a new United Nations report said Wednesday.
May 21, 2015 North Korea says it has deported American woman for anti-regime plotting North Korea has deported an American woman who frequently visited the country over the past 20 years, accusing her of engaging in "plot-breeding and propaganda."
May 21, 2015 South Korean activist launches balloons carrying 'The Interview' DVDs to North Korea A South Korean activist said Wednesday that he launched balloons carrying thousands of DVDs of a movie depicting a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un across the border into North Korea.
May 21, 2015 North Korea tests anti-ship missile North Korea said Saturday that it has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile, a move experts in Seoul viewed as an attempt to raise tensions ahead of joint military drills between the United States and South Korea.
