The Korea Central Zoo in Pyongyang offers visitors a unique blend of wildlife and ideology. Among its 5,000 animals across ...

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Laden with landmines and surrounded by fences, the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea is not at all welcoming for humans. On the other hand, wildife appears to be thriving. Golden eagles ...

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North Korea is notorious for its illicit trade in weapons and narcotics. But a new investigation that I conducted with colleagues in the UK and Norway reveals a new concern: the illegal trade in ...

Three years ago, little Jin-hui the Pomeranian was buried alive and left for dead. His owners weren't charged. That's because in South Korea, animals have no legal status. That makes it difficult to ...

The heavily fortified no man's land separating North and South Korea, largely untouched by humans, has become an ecological niche for the region's... In Korean DMZ, Wildlife Thrives. Some ...

The quiet of the late-winter morning is interrupted by a staccato of gunshots. "Military drills," shrugs Kim Seung-ho, 58, the director of the DMZ Ecology Research Institute, a nonprofit organization ...