North Korea has executed two women who were helping fellow citizens to defect from the country after they were captured and repatriated by China, according to a report. Nine other women were sentenced ...

Chi Ha-yang, an elderly North Korean widow, waited for night to fall before meeting secretly with three friends and sneaking across the North Korean border to China. At age 76 Chi Ha-yang commands ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- A North Korean soldier races for the border in a jeep and then on foot before his former comrades shoot him at least five times as he limps into South Korea, where he collapses ...

There have been many great prison-escape films over the years, from "The Great Escape" and "Escape From Alcatraz" to "Papillon." Everything about them — the planning, the plotting, the execution, the ...

A world record holder who has traveled to every country on Earth has revealed an experience of nearly being imprisoned for ...

Before he turned 18, Austin Hyeon had been in five prisons in four different countries — not because he had committed a crime, but because of his identity and his country of origin: North Korea. On ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - While U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on allies and foes including Europe, India, Japan and China, some of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries - Russia, ...