PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang's 'Singapore shops,' which sell everything from ...

The BBC's John Sudworth in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on what the apparent "mini-boom" tell us about the economy.

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for one of their main suppliers, business is booming at Pyongyang's 'Singapore shops,' which sell everything from ...

Shops in North Korea can sit empty for months, and many restaurants are just fronts. Last year Kim Jong Un warned North Koreans that another famine might be in store, and advised eating the roots ...

South Korea is studying various plans to improve relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for South Korea's Unification ...

A vendor waits for customers at the shop inside the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea (May 3, 2016). Credit: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ...

North Korea has finished building an international airport terminal, state media reported Thursday, and photos show leader Kim Jong Un inspecting rather swanky amenities that include a jewelry ...

auto shop, car wash, beer hall and department store. Analysts say the opening of this luxury resort shows that Pyongyang is pursuing economic prosperity as well as — not instead of — military ...

In an attempt to develop a tourist economy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated the impending launch of Wonsan Kalma — ...

However, short of drastically altering North Korea’s inefficient centrally planned economy, freeing the nearly 120,000 political prisoners believed to be held in gulags, or pulling back on its ...

North Korea will open a tourist site on its east coast next week that it calls a prelude to a new era in its tourism industry, though the country still mostly blocks foreign visitors.

In this Dec. 21, 2018, photo, a North Korean woman walks outside Bugsae Shop, also known as the "Singapore Shop," in Pyongyang, North Korea. Despite the unwanted publicity of a criminal trial for ...