Behind its grand avenues and imposing monuments, Pyongyang hides a reality few outsiders ever see. This rare glimpse into ...

Once defined by isolation and austerity, Pyongyang is embracing a carefully crafted image of modernity. From sleek high-rises ...

1 A crane tops off the Pyongyang city skyline on May 8, 2016. Construction is now a common sight in the city. 2 An overview of Pyongyang.

A new book by architecture critic Oliver Wainwright shows how Pyongyang’s buildings and urban plan can be used as vehicles to understand the North Korea’s past and present.

The city of Pyongyang was actually very lively. It’s popular there to put bright plastic flowers in your balcony, and people wear clothes imported from China that have Disney characters on them.

For the first time, foreign amateur competitors were allowed to participate in the Pyongyang marathon in North Korea. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with British runner Will Philipps about his experience.

Pyongyang, a city of 3.2 million people, has a long history, but it was largely rebuilt after the Korean War (called the “American War” in North Korea) by the newly founded Communist ...

If you can’t visit Pyongyang, this is the next best thing: a book filled with photographs of its weirdly shaped and oddly colored buildings. Under the Dear Leader (Kim Jong Il) and the current supreme ...

North Korea aims to build an apartment complex for 100,000 households alongside a highway linking Pyongyang and Nampo, a western port city, but construction has yet to begin, according to Yonhap.

A new book by architecture critic Oliver Wainwright shows how Pyongyang’s buildings and urban plan can be used as vehicles to understand the North Korea’s past and present.