Technology has allowed North Korea to increase control of its citizens over the last decade with some being executed for ...

The number of inmates in North Korea’s political prison camps has increased slightly as authorities apply the “Reactionary ...

The North Korean government is reportedly increasing the implementation of the death penalty, including for people caught ...

Mass surveillance tech has enabled world’s most restrictive state to exert ‘control in all parts of life’, report says.

The report is based on more than 300 interviews with escapees from Kim Jong Un's secretive regime.

Shenghua Wen told investigators that before he entered the U.S., he met with North Korean officials at an embassy in China, ...

This includes an increase in the use of the death penalty and major steps backward in freedom of expression. Read more at ...

North Korea is banned from trading arms and military equipment under UN sanctions A Chinese national has been sentenced to eight years in prison for smuggling firearms and other military items to ...

Shenghua Wen, 42, was sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with the scheme that earned him $2 million from North Korean handlers.

Amnesty International has obtained new satellite images showing the growth of North Korea's largest prison complex — camps 15 and 16, or kwanliso — where prisoners are forced to dig their own graves, ...

A new UN report reveals that North Korea is increasingly imposing the death penalty, including for watching or sharing foreign films ...

A UN report says North Korea is executing people for watching and sharing foreign films and TV. Escapees report public ...