The city of Hyesan, just over the river from China, once offered a glimpse of a more open North Korea. Now it exemplifies Kim Jong Un’s mounting authoritarianism.

Cross-border smuggling in Hyesan has been suspended for more than a month after Chinese authorities intensified enforcement ...

The city of Hyesan, just over the river from China, once offered a glimpse of a more open North Korea. Now it exemplifies Kim Jong Un’s mounting authoritarianism.

Hyesan, Ryanggang province, North Korea (file photo). Residents had been looking forward to the army's withdrawal from the area, but during the investigation they will have even less freedom of ...

North Korea executes two teenagers by firing squad for watching South Korean movies. Boys, aged between 16 and 17, shot dead in city of Hyesan back in October ...

Kim Jong Un puts 'entire city on lockdown' pending the location of 653 lost bullets The investigation into the missing bullets in Hyesan has been ongoing for 10 days, but still nothing has yet ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put the city of Hyesan, home to over 200,000 people, under lockdown until authorities can find 653 missing bullets. According to Radio Free Asia, the bullets ...

Two teens have been slaughtered in North Korea for watching South Korean movies. The two boys, who were aged between 16 and 17, were executed in-front of horrified locals on an airfield in Hyesan ...

In particular, the North Inland Line, which spans 240 kilometers (149 miles) from Manpo in Chagang to Hyesan in Ryanggang Province, is described by the author as “a textbook through which one ...

North Korea executes 2 boys for watching K-dramas, locals made to watch. The boys were shot by the firing squad in front of the public on an airfield in Hyesan as their crime of watching and ...