'Beyond Utopia' documents a daring escape attempt from North Korea. The film directed by Madeleine Gavin screened at the Telluride Film Festival.

In an exclusive interview, Pastor Kim and Soyeon Lee from "Beyond Utopia" talk about how people survive escaping North Korea, the importance of sharing their stories, and the security concerns ...

“Beyond Utopia” follows a family who has escaped what some describe as a maximum security prison: North Korea. After the Ro family crosses a river into China, they furtively travel to Thailand ...

The world’s bad-actor states are well-known from the worrying news they regularly produce. But only North Korea’s brand of isolated, propaganda-fueled tyranny seems to inspire reportage ...

North Korea will reopen to international tourists this December, nearly five years after closing its borders at the outset of the Covid pandemic. The Beijing-based tour operator Koryo Tours will ...

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, speaks at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, May 9, 2025. AP Bizarrely, 62% of young ...

They should look at North Korea -- the ultimate "socialist utopia." I recently interviewed Charles Ryu, who escaped North Korea and made it to China.

North Korean leaders have been building what they claim is a “socialist utopia” in Samjiyon, a city near the Chinese border. The area is supposed to be a “model of highly-civilized mountain ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...

North Korea is said to be building what it called a "socialist utopia" in Samjiyon, a city near the Chinese border, that will include "a model of highly-civilized mountain city" with new ...

North Korea has been building what it called a "socialist utopia" in Samjiyon, a city near the Chinese border, and "a model of highly civilized mountain city" with new apartments, hotels, a ski ...