In an isolationist state seeking to exert total control over its citizens, any deviation in outward appearance can be punished with an uncertain fate in a labour camp. Kim Jong-un’s regime was this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Neel Shelat covers women's soccer around the world. Nov 08, 2025, 03:57pm EST North Korea is now the most successful team in Under ...

It is perhaps no great surprise that North Korea, which is nominally under communist rule, was an early adopter of women’s football. Socialist ideology generally encourages women to take part in sport ...

SEOUL — North Korean women are being targeted for humiliation by the regime for the “anti-socialist” sins of getting surgeries to become “more voluptuous” and “voluminous,” and for chatting “idly” in ...

TOKYO — A senior North Korean diplomat who defected two years ago painted a grim picture of life in the hermit kingdom Thursday as he described his disillusionment and escape from the totalitarian ...

(Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...