North Korea has launched recruitment efforts for the Pyongyang International Marathon, which will take place in April in the capital city. If the event proceeds as planned, the marathon will return ...

A monument called the "Juche Tower" is located in Pyongyang. North Korea also uses the Juche Calendar, which came into effect in 1997. It starts with the birth of founder Kim Il-sung in April 1912.

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has ceased using its "juche," or self-reliance, calendar -- a system of year numbering symbolizing its late founder Kim Il-sung -- in what appears to be the ...

North Korea continues to suffer widespread food shortages due to economic problems, limited arable land and lack of agricultural machinery and energy shortages. The UN World Food Programme estimates ...

A school in Russia's Far East has set up a club for teaching Juche, the state ideology of North Korea, in an apparent sign of deepening ties between the two countries. The extracurricular club was ...

(L-R) The national flag of North Korea (Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi ... on all tour guide agendas, is the Juche Tower. From the top of the tower a tour guide explains that “Juche means self ...