All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid capture, one former soldier told NBC News.

North Koreans are privately questioning why Ukraine has suddenly become their enemy, sources told Radio Free Asia.

Kim Il-sung ruined the economy, hoarded power and saw his countrymen slaughtered, as Fyodor Tertitskiy’s Accidental Tyrant ...

The Year of the Snake is here - and millions across Asia and the world are welcoming it, with family, friends, prayers and plenty of food. The Lunar New Year, which coincides with ...

This changed in 2003, when Kim Jong Il designated it a public holiday as ... the elders offer words of wisdom and small cash gifts. During my childhood, receiving 10,000 KRW (about $7) was thrilling.