But since the Arduous March, that changed to just one," she adds, referring to the North Korean expression for the widespread famine. A new role for women begins to change North Korean social ...

SEOUL -- In early March, an organization of social scientists issued a statement celebrating the status of women in North Korea. "Today many women in the world suffer from deprivation of political ...

On International Women’s Day on March 8, North Korea held various events to celebrate the country’s women, repeating what has become more or less a national slogan, “Women Are Flowers ...

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government ...

In March, Elizabeth Salmon, a UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea highlighted the perilous situation faced by the women in a report to the 52nd session of the human ...

And in spite of what is argued to be the rubber-stamp nature of female representation in North Korea, women are consolidating influence and power within the limits of their assigned roles.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country's births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the ...

North Korea's young women have won both the U17 and U20 soccer World Cup. Why is the isolated state so good at the game? North Korea's women have won another U-20 World Cup. It's their third to ...