A piece of candy in North Korea costs 100 won. Many women volunteer for the military to lessen the financial burden on their families, as the military provides uniforms and food during service.” ...

Empowering women and democratization go hand and hand, and both are dire threats to Putin. Russia’s president chose to risk ...

The WSJ reported that North Korean Col Gen Kim Yong Bok, the deputy chief of the Korean military’s general staff, was ...

Analysts say the low-cost weapons are attractive to Mr. Kim, who is intent on modernizing North Korea’s military.