“North Korea is portraying Kim Ju-ae as someone who is effectively acting as the first lady," said Lim Eul-chul, a professor ...

Sofia Lotto Persio reports mainly on Asia and gender issues for Newsweek. She previously covered international affairs with a specific focus on Europe and the Middle East for IBTimes UK.

Ri Chun Hee, North Korea’s most famous news anchor ... has earned her the title of “pink lady.” Outsiders like to joke about her. Some call her “Pyongyang Patti,” according to the ...

They’re earned her the title ‘Pink Lady.’” All female anchors on North Korean media favor the robes, “but she loves this vibrant pink color.” Not a lot is known about Ri. It’s ...

Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's marriage, which was often depicted with great admiration in U.S. media at the time. "There's this idea of a North Korean dream, and Kim Jong Un being ...

Ri Chun-hee began working for North Korean TV in 1971 and became chief news presenter of KCTV in the 1980s. Nicknamed the "pink lady," she usually wears a pink Western-style suit or traditional ...

North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho raises his crutches ... the president's team had invited to sit in the gallery with first lady Melania Trump for the speech on Capitol Hill.

“What the first lady has done has sparked the public anger ... over a government job,” said Choi, who lectured in North Korea as a scholar and visited the country multiple times.

The leaflets attacking South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee found in the capital appear to be the first instance of the North Korean government directly sending anti ...