North Korea human rights12 Aug 2025North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work 'like slaves' in RussiaMore than 50,000 North Koreans will be sent to work in Russia, as Moscow's war in Ukraine drains labour pools.12 Aug 202518 Jul 2025How was North Korea's new beach resort built so fast?The Wonsan Kalma resort was opened in a grand ceremony last month by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un18 Jul 20255 Dec 2023A family's escape from North Korea through a minefield and stormy seasMr Kim and his family pull off a seemingly impossible feat and gives new insights into life there.5 Dec 202318 Jul 2023What happens to US citizens detained in North KoreaAmericans arrested in the communist state have included tourists, a teacher and a Christian missionary.18 Jul 202315 Jun 2023The BBC's North Korea investigation: How we did it, and whyThe BBC has spent months talking to three North Koreans about their lives behind the sealed border.15 Jun 202314 Jun 2023North Koreans tell of neighbours starving to deathRare interviews with ordinary people inside the secretive state reveal chronic food shortages and starvation.14 Jun 20236 Apr 2023The daughter who fled North Korea to find her motherReunited in Seoul after a decade apart, Songmi asks her mother why she left her behind in the north.6 Apr 202328 Mar 2022Inside a North Korean prison for defectorsA defector details what happened inside a prison for those who tried to escape.28 Mar 202227 Mar 2022Beatings, forced abortions: Life in a N Korea prisonA new investigation sheds more light on human rights violations in North Korean prisons.27 Mar 2022...