By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Nov 24, Reuter - A North Korean official today dismissed reports of a power struggle in the Pyongyang leadership, but confirmed rumours that the country's…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 1, Reuter - Kim Jong-il, the son of President Kim Il-sung, appears to have a firm grip on the political succession in spite of…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 2, Reuter - Jo Yong-hi, a 15-year-old school girl in the North Korea capital, says she loves North Korean president Kim Il-sung more than…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 2, Reuter - The personality cult of North Korean President Kim Il-sung is being boosted by his son Kim Jong-il, apparently to ensure his…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 2, Reuter - A typhoon devastated the northeast of North Korea in late August, washing away whole villages and causing huge financial losses, European…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 3, Reuter - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is likely to pay an official visit to North Korea next year to consolidate the increasingly close…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 3, Reuter - North Korea is building huge sports stadiums for the 1988 Olympic Games even though no agreement is in sight on its…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 4, Reuter - North Korea, arguably the world's most secretive country, is considering opening its doors to western tourism and might even offer visas…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 4, Reuter - Communist North Korea, long known as a country which doesn't always pay its debts, wants to come in from the cold…
By Graham Earnshaw, Reuters PYONGYANG, Dec 5, Reuter - The train for Paradise leaves every seven minutes or so. But there is a yawning gap between the names of the…