Jean Lee

South Korea election in the midst of North Korean provocation. @GordonGChang @newsjean on the John Batchelor …

North Korea marked its most important holiday today -- the Day of the Sun, which commemorates the birthday of…

Though he once appeared as the favorite to succeed his father, Kim Jong-nam began living abroad in exile afte…

In our news wrap Friday, Malaysian toxicologists have determined that a chemical weapon was used to assassina…

Malaysia: N Korean diplomat is a suspect behind the killing of Kim Jong Nam.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Jean Lee of the Wilson Center about reports of the apparent assassination of …

It turns out the North Korean delegation had submitted three birth years for Hong Su-jong at various internat…

SEOUL, South Korea – A religious cult. A shadowy, shamanistic leader holding sway over the nation's top ruler…

Delving into North Korea's own publications to find out more about the North Korean gymnast whose smile in a …

WASHINGTON - Never before have so many North Korean soldiers infiltrated the American capital. By one count, …

Peril on the 38th Parallel at the Aspen Security Forum North Korea continues its underground nuclear tests…

As delegates take their seats inside an elaborately festooned hall in Pyongyang this week, one question looms…

For months, North Koreans toiled day and night, renovating the Central Zoo, planting rows of apple trees and …

For months, North Koreans toiled day and night, renovating the Central Zoo, planting rows of apple trees and …

Four years after the Associated Press (AP) mounted its signboard on a wooden door inside an armed compound in…

PARTICIPANTS: Jason Fields, Matthew Gault, Jean H. Lee North Korea is the most mysterious and oppressive regi…

It was party time in Pyongyang. Workers scrambled to hang congratulatory banners in the lobby of the Koryo Ho…

SEOUL - North Korea's most famous girl band swept into Beijing on Dec. 11 with pomp, panache, and glamour, fl…

"What is it like inside an American nightclub?" The question from a young North Korean woman startled me. For…

In 2011, Jean Lee became the first American reporter granted permission to work as a journalist in North Kore…

Chang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and vice-chairman of the National Defence Comm…

The 67-year-old Jang held the posts of vice chairman of the National Defense Commission and member of the Pol…

SEOUL, South Korea - While the rest of North Korea's top brass leaped to their feet before Kim Jong Un, clapp…

"Hello world from comms center in #Pyongyang." That Twitter missive, sent Monday from Koryolink's main servic…