North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may have ordered at least 30 government officials to be executed after the devastating ...

An official under Kim’s regime said between 20 and 30 leaders in North Korea had been charged with corruption and dereliction of duty, with the state sentencing them to capital punishment ...

The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

Internet access is available for the elite few in the capital, Pyongyang ... prison have actually committed crimes. North Korea practices collective punishment, so if one member of a family ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court has upheld the legality of the death penalty but placed new restrictions on its application.

The South’s Chosun TV reported on Tuesday that 20-30 people, including provincial governors, were sentenced to capital ...

North Korea’s elites are ... Korea Forum in the South’s capital, Seoul, this week. “They’ve become disillusioned with the ...

A North Korean security inspector was arrested in late August for allegedly smuggling illegal materials into Pyongyang.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered up to 30 officials to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent massive ...

North Korea’s elites are becoming ... he told the Global Korea Forum in the South’s capital, Seoul, this week. “They’ve become disillusioned with the regime due to Kim Jong-un’s ...