https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea
North Korea is a totalitarian hereditary dictatorship with a comprehensive cult of personality around the Kim family. Amnesty International considers the country to have the worst human rights record in the world. Officially, North Korea is a communist state, and describes itself as a socialist state which holds democratic elections.
https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Korea
19 hours ago · North Korea, country in East Asia that occupies the northern portion of the Korean peninsula. It is bordered by China and Russia to the north and by the Republic of Korea (South Korea) to the south. The national capital, P’yongyang, is a major industrial and transport center near the west coast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_Korea
The history of North Korea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The end of the Japanese occupation of Korea led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with the Soviet Union occupying the north, and the United States occupying the south. The Soviet Union and the United States failed to agree on a way to unify the country, and in 1948, they established two separate governments ...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/04/north-korea-unrelenting-repression-hunger-inequality
Feb 4, 2026 · In 2025, the North Korean government increased surveillance, information controls, and restrictions on market activity despite deepening food insecurity and inequality.
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/north-korea
Jul 16, 2026 · Stay on top of North Korea latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/north-korea-crisis
1 day ago · Under leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea has pursued nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to guarantee regime survival, posing an acute threat to South Korea and Japan—both key U.S. allies. Kim ...
https://www.nknews.org/
4 days ago · Our team of expert journalists at NK News produces leading analysis on all major developments in North Korea.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-North-Korea
History of North Korea, a survey of important events and people in the history of North Korea since the Korean War. For a discussion of the earlier history of the peninsula, see Korea. In 1948, when the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was established, Kim Il-Sung became the first premier of
https://www.38north.org/
19 hours ago · 38 North is a program of the Stimson Center dedicated to providing the best possible analysis of events in and around North Korea.
https://www.dailynk.com/english/
Daily NK reports North Korea news straight from in-country sources. Get the latest DPRK updates on politics, economy, and society.
