Putin Praises ‘Brave’ North Korean Troops for Kursk Combat, Demining Operations

How rival political parties once challenged North Korea's communist power

The 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) dominated the North Korean political calendar this year, providing months of state propaganda before grand celebrations in early October were capped by a large-scale military parade. But while the WPK has long been the ruling power in what is effectively a single-party state, a […]