At the height of the North's famine and uncertainties about the succession of Kim Jong Il, some members of the South Korean government have speculated that the North was such a weak "tree" that ...

Curtis Melvin says he tracked down the location after seeing a picture of the farm in an official North Korean publication. He says North Korea got into ostrich farming during the famine in the 1990s ...

But experts say there is no sign of mass deaths or famine. They say the upcoming ruling Workers’ Party meeting is likely intended to shore up support for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he ...

North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US. State media on Saturday ...

He said his family suffered during the 1990s North Korean famine, and his father died of malnutrition at age 42. “We survived by eating only grass, but my sibling nearly died of malnutrition ...

EIJING (AP) — Some North Koreans are resorting to cannibalism in a desperate bid to survive their nation’s famine, according to a report by French aid workers. Representatives from Doctors Without ...

She recalled the pain of experiencing North Korea’s deadliest famine in the 1990s. She decided when she was 23 that she wanted to leave the country, hoping that her future children would not ...

Seoul, South Korea — North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, South Korea's military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual ...

especially after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s. North Korea labeled Tae "human scum" at the time and accused him of embezzlement and other crimes. Tae said that his decision to flee ...