Experts told VICE World News the outbreak is very likely COVID, with fears of “mass death” as the virus ravages the country’s unvaccinated and malnourished population. [Read More]

Korea Future co-director in Seoul, Suyeon Yoo told the BBC that the prison system and the violence within it was being used to "suppress a population of 25 million people". [Read More]

North Korea has released photographs which it said were taken from its most powerful missile launch in five years. [Read More]

North Korean K-pop fans face 15 years of hard labor and possible execution [Read More]

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, says the US and Japan - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president. [Read More]

North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as "the world's most powerful weapon". [Read More]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health is reportedly in a vegetative state after undergoing a failed cardiovascular procedure earlier this month, according to the medical team treating him. [Read More]

South Korean and Chinese officials on Tuesday cast doubt on reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ill after media outlets said he had undergone a cardiovascular procedure and was in “grave danger”. [Read More]