The compound contains buildings for Kim Jong Il, his late wife Ko Yong-hui, his sister Kim Kyong-hui and his brother-in-law Jang Sung-taek. The area is mostly used as a summer residence, to spend holidays or for parties with close officials.

Thousands of miles from home, North Koreans work on Chinese tuna longliners in the Indian Ocean for pay that goes to their leader, a new study says.

A report says a fleet of Chinese distant-water fishing vessels used North Korean crews in violation of U.N. bans and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years

North Korean workers have been forced to work on Chinese fishing vessels for years on-end, facing verbal and physical abuse as well as harsh conditions.