In this Sept. 15, 2018, photo, North Koreans take a walk at dawn by the Tower of Juche Idea in Pyongyang, North Korea. The word Juche is splashed across countless propaganda signs in North Korea and ...

Perhaps the most striking visual presence in North Korea is of the Kims, founder Kim Il-sung, the “Great Leader” of Korean War fame, and his son and successor, “Dear Leader” Kim Jong-il. Although ...

It is just a single word, but it is hard to miss in North Korea. It is splashed across countless propaganda signs, seeded through dozens of state media reports, at the beating heart of emotional pop ...

“Juche” is one of the key philosophical pillars underlying the North Korean national ideology. It roughly translates to “self-reliance,” and it is invoked by the country’s leaders to justify its state ...

A camera on Juche Tower, a monument on the banks of the river Taegong, moves 360 degrees and shows sights rarely seen by your average globe trotter. The panoramic image of Pyongyang was created by ...

North Korea has announced that it will allow international tourists into the country for the first time in five years. In 2020, North Korea closed its doors to tourism due to the outbreak of the COVID ...

The Juche Tower in Pyongyang, 2005. (Photo by Alain Nogues / Corbis via Getty Images) All tourists in North Korea, which includes me at the end of 2016, are accompanied by state-sanctioned guides.

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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — It's just a single word, but it's hard to miss in North Korea. It's splashed across countless propaganda signs, seeded through dozens of state media reports, at the ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — It's just a single word, but it's hard to miss in North Korea. It's splashed across countless propaganda signs, seeded through dozens of state media reports, at the ...