
A trip on the overnight express from Beijing to North Korea
The railway line linking the Chinese capital and Pyongyang has reopened after being suspended for six years. Most passengers can only travel as far as the border between the two countries

The railway line linking the Chinese capital and Pyongyang has reopened after being suspended for six years. Most passengers can only travel as far as the border between the two countries

Presented in 2022 in a photograph next to a nuclear-capable missile, Kim’s middle child, who the official press refers to as a ‘guide,’ has become a regular presence alongside her father

The teenager is increasingly being viewed as the probable successor to her father, and there is speculation she could assume some kind of official position during the upcoming Workers’ Party congress

Defectors from the Pyongyang regime describe the growing repression and deterioration of human rights denounced by the UN