Selected by the Soviets to run what was supposed to be a minor puppet regime, Kim Il Sung created his own cult of personality ...

During the famine in the mid-1990s, grain was hard to come by, he said. North Korea monitoring groups have reported increases in the prices of rice and corn — the two most important staples ...

I have proceeded under the assumption that the answer to the second question does not necessarily depend upon the answer to the first: history is replete with examples of governments pursuing ...

Failing to stand up to bullies only leads to larger and costlier conflicts. If Mr. Putin succeeds, it will embolden other ...

The 2025 report also assesses that Russia “has seized the upper hand in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is on a path ...

North Korea represented a buffer of sorts between ... and began reforms in the economy (Great Leap Forward) that created famine and killed tens of millions, although literacy rates greatly ...