A North Korean defector and a former soldier have allegedly scammed more than 20 people, stealing 1 billion won, equivalent ...

Thousands of IT workers are trapped inside a global operation that funds North Korea’s weapons program, but one managed to ...

Choi Min Kyung says she suffered physical and sexual abuse in North Korean detention after being repatriated from China ...

This school is supposed to prepare North Korean defectors for the real world. But some say it does little to help – and the system needs an overhaul.

Two defectors from North Korea spoke via Zoom to an audience of Missoulians last week, sharing their stories of escaping the autocratic regime to seek futures in South Korea.

A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarized border, in an apparent attempt to get back ...

POWs, abductees, defectors and separated families are the legacy of the Korean War The war, which began 75 years ago, left families torn apart across the heavily fortified border. Koreans aren’t ...

China has a long-standing repatriation agreement with North Korea, so defectors who are caught often face torture or worse once they are returned to North Korea.

Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country and urging the world body to hold North Korea’s leader accountable for ...

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — A former defector, unhappy with life in the South, stole a 25-seat shuttle bus this week and attempted to cross a bridge into North Korea before he was apprehended ...

A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained on Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarised border, in an apparent attempt to get ...