The word Democratic, in this case, was used to distinguish North Korea from the (very short-lived) “ People’s Republic of Korea ” to the south. In 1949, Mao officially declared the founding ...

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is the formal name for North Korea and has been since 1948. As such the athletes sent to international competitions like the Olympics perform under ...

By MICHAEL CRIMMINS Glasgow News 1 People going around Glasgow and Barren County will see United States flags flying a little ...

Since 2019, which marked the last UPR of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the human rights situation regarding the rights to food, health, adequate standard of living, and to ...

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea backgrounder - Links to UN organizations, documents, treaties, declarations, reports, speeches, etc.

The only bimonthly academic journal of contemporary Asian affairs published in the US, Asian Survey provides in-depth analysis on contemporary Asia and international affairs. For over forty years, ...

In a sign of the tightening, in May 2013, the DPRK persuaded the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to arrest nine young North Koreans, at least five of whom were children, and forcibly return ...

Two North Korean defectors, Sungju Lee and Seongmin Lee, spoke about their childhood experiences as citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as part of a panel sponsored by ...