SEOUL — Shortly after Kim Jeong-ah graduated from military college in North Korea, a senior told her she should embody a woman’s sensibilities and characteristic attention to detail. Female ...

In North Korea, women have been required to perform military service since 2015, and the minimum age is 17. Depending on their level of education, this can last several years.

In April, South Korean troops fired warning shots to repel about 10 North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the military ...

North Korea's Moranbong Band, the first all-female music group formed under the regime, debuted in 2012. Allegedly handpicked by Kim Jong-un himself, the band is a fusion of modern and traditional ...

North Korea's military, the fourth-largest in the world, remains shrouded in mystery. Both men and women are required to serve in the military in North Korea. Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of ...

In South Korea, right-leaning young men are less likely to focus on North Korea than feminism, which — for them — has become ...

The Women’s Army Corps was officially founded Sept. 6, 1950, and the total number of women soldiers increased to about 1,000 by July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed.

Kim paid public tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine, part of an effort to cement the two countries’ strategic defense pact.

This photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean women attend the National Mothers' Meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea on Dec. 3, 2023.

The rise and fall of North Korea - the sleeping giant of women's football "Normally when there are 30 shots in the game, it is the United States with about 25 of 'em. Not today!" It wasn't just ...

While that number is far higher than in rival South Korea, where the fertility rate dipped to 0.78 in 2022, Kim asserted that North Korean women had to up their birth rate as he dabbed at his eyes ...