The effect happens because North Korea's supply of electricity is too small to keep shining through the night. In the mid-1990s, the Soviet Union cut off the country's energy supply entirely.

The Korea Information Society Development Institute reported last month there were 3.24 million mobile phone users in North Korea in 2015, the latest data available, up from 69,261 in 2009, when ...

The Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, unveiled in a ceremony on June 24, is found on North Korea’s eastern coast.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...

Photos from space show that at night, North Korea is a huge, ... Its capital city, Pyongyang, appears like a small island, despite a population of 3.26 million (as of 2008).

New Space Station Photos Show North Korea at Night, Cloaked in Darkness. North Korea's isolation is visible in new satellite photos that show the energy-bankrupt country at night.

North Koreans are swimming and playing at a new beach resort that the country is touting as a boost for tourism.

But the coast of North Korea is difficult to detect. These differences are illustrated in per capita power consumption in the two countries, with South Korea at 10,162 kilowatt hours and North ...

Around 10 pm EST last night, news of Kim Jong-il's death broke and quickly spread. But in contrast with the news's velocity once it left North Korean borders, word of Kim's death was initially ...

North Korea held a midnight military parade in Pyongyang early Thursday to mark the 73rd anniversary of its founding, the country’s state media reported.