But in North Korea, even this fundamental right is very limited. This type of control of daily life is a vital component of the nation's widespread censorship regime, which serves to uphold the ...

Clips taken of Pyongyang, North Korea, are doing the rounds on social media, showing the daily 6am wake-up call music, ‘Where ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

Tourists were finally allowed into North Korea last month, but the excitement has been short-lived. Travellers enter a mini capitalist enclave far from Pyongyang, on a tightly controlled visit.