North Korea's state-run media outlet has reported that the country's leader Kim Jong Un has visited the construction site of a museum honoring soldiers sent to Russia.

North Korean authorities are tightening their grip on daily life through an expanded surveillance apparatus that demands citizens monitor and report on their neighbors. The campaign centers on revamped neighborhood watch units, where officials are pushing systematic mutual surveillance as a core social obligation.

North Korea fired ballistic missiles early Sunday, hours before South Korean president's trip to China. Seoul & Japan confirm launch

Japan's Defense Ministry has announced that North Korea launched at least two ballistic missiles on Sunday morning.

Kim urges 'unlimited and sustained' development of nuclear combat forces as North Korea gears up for key party congress.

North Korea said Monday it fired long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea to test the country's nuclear deterrence

And yet: some observers wonder whether a society as patriarchal as North Korea’s could accept a female leader. Under Mr Kim, several women have gained big jobs. The second-most powerful person in the country is Mr Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong. For the first time in its history North Korea has a female foreign minister: Choe Son Hui.