Young North Korean escapes, facing prejudice in South Korean, are documented in 'School for Defectors,' directed by Jeremy Workman.

It is estimated that one third to a half of North Korea’s budget comes from cyberfraud and extortion. Most of these crimes are aimed at the financial services industry, including banks, crypto ...

Images suggest Iran’s interim leadership council may have met in a Tehran hospital, possibly for safety and propaganda ...

For most of the 120 years that Variety has covered the entertainment industry, creatives followed a tried and true script to gain the attention of Hollywood’s gatekeepers by cutting their teeth on ...

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress defined the new Five-Year Plan as a “stage of stabilization and consolidation, and gradual qualitative development.” This framing should not be dismissed as mere ...

Coupang may be best known as South Korea’s Amazon. Yet the company now finds itself at the center of a controversy that ...

This year's Oscar-nominated documentaries include a tale of terminal cancer, dispatches from behind bars in Alabama, and stories from Iran and Russia.

This documentary delves into the incredible story of how these Norsemen travelled from the frontiers of Europe to become the personal bodyguards, secret police, and shock troops of the Emperors in ...

Start a BTS documentary marathon with a complete streaming guide ahead of their Netflix comeback special.

Each honoree on Variety’s first-ever 10 Creators to Watch list has cultivated a significant online fan base — and monetized their influence by scoring major brand deals once reserved for Hollywood’s ...

Iranian authorities should immediately end the ongoing internet shutdown and communications restrictions, which place ...

Energy prices are dominating headlines this morning after the price of crude oil smashed through the totemic $100-a-barrel barrier, hitting almost $120-a-barrel at one point last night. The domestic ...