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20% of North Korea's population has little or no food, with famine remaining a constant threat amid severe oppression and poverty.
One million North Koreans are believed to have died of starvation in the late 1990s, as the country struggles with ongoing food shortages.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone stretches over 250 kilometers, marking one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world.
More than 100,000 North Koreans perform in the Mass Games, a spectacle marking the country's 70th birthday amid discussions of reunification with the South.
Kim Jong-Il was not the obvious candidate to succeed his father, Kim Il-Sung, as he was more uncomfortable with people and preferred to stay in the background.
50 kilograms of heroin and a large amount of arms were seized from the North Korean ship Pong Su during a 2003 operation by Australian forces.
Three generations of the Kim family have ruled North Korea for over seventy years, shaping a regime that prioritizes nuclear development amid widespread poverty.
50 kilograms of heroin and a large amount of arms were seized from the North Korean ship Pong Su during a 2003 operation led by the US State Department.
More than 10,000 members of the North Korean community in Japan gather to celebrate Kim Jong Il’s leadership, reinforcing their ties to the regime.
Over 10,000 members of the Workers Party of North Korea gather in Tokyo to celebrate Kim Jong Il's leadership and promote the regime's ideology.
115 people died in the 1987 bombing of a South Korean airliner, an operation carried out by Kim Hyon Hui, a North Korean secret agent.
Four minders accompany a group of tourists on a tightly controlled four-day tour of Pyongyang, where propaganda shapes the narrative of daily life.
