One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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China has come to North Korea's aid yet again by providing vast amounts of food assistance and also 550,000 tons of fertilizer to help the reclusive and impoverished country recover from summer ...

A pattern of tightening market controls and soaring prices has culminated in an ambitious government intervention – a ...

All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid ...

“I asked him to drop everything, but he refused to drop the sausage because it was food, so we let him keep it.” One of the North Korean soldiers sits up in his prison cell bed with an injured ...