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.

Between 2012 and 2020, at least 30 defectors returned to North Korea, a spokeswoman for the South Korean Ministry of Unification said by phone Tuesday. Yoo Kyong Chang. Yoo Kyong Chang.

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 a new life in South Korea. The event on Feb ...

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, inspects the military exercises at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Lee So-yeon, a former North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea, will participate in a Q&A session at USAG Humphreys Family Theater following the ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, was sent back from China and fled a second time, told the United Nations on Tuesday that the country’s leader ...