The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ N. Korea enacts urban development law to provide better living conditions SEOUL -- North Korea's rubber-stamp ...

Wealthy residents living near the border with China are buying high-end luxury items brought in by ethnic Chinese traders.

The United Nations Population Division has estimated that about 12 percent of North Koreans are aged 65 or older. The U.N.

For two hours every day, Lee Si-young and her colleagues broadcast uncensored foreign news into authoritarian North Korea.

There are nearly 35,000 defectors from North Korea living in South Korea. Many of them rely on a secretive network of brokers to check on their families back home or to send them money when their ...