A North Korean man who identified himself as a civilian crossed the heavily fortified military demarcation line between the ...

A North Korean man crossed the DMZ on foot before midnight Thursday, asking South Korean troops for help in a rare defection ...

The unarmed man was found in the central-west border section before being led to safety by South Korean troops.

In a rare and risky crossing that underscores both the desperation of life under the North Korean regime and the persistent ...

A North Korean man crossed into South Korea on Thursday in what appears to be a carefully planned defection, exploiting gaps ...

A North Korean soldier defected across the DMZ, Seoul's military and media reported Tuesday. Tensions are on the rise at the DMZ, seen here near Paju in 2021.

A North Korean man was taken into custody by the South Korean military after crossing the heavily fortified border between ...

The incident comes after a North Korean soldier defected to the South by crossing the MDL in August last year. Also last year ...

DMZ residents suffer from North Korean loudspeakers, blame defector groups Published: 21 Oct. 2024, 14:02 Updated: 21 Oct. 2024, 15:19 Residents from villages in and around the demilitarized zone (DMZ ...

A North Korean defector is filing civil and criminal charges against the country's leader Kim Jong Un for abuses she faced while detained in the country. Choi Min-kyung fled the North to China in 1997 ...

A North Korean national flag in North Korea's propaganda village of Gijungdong is seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea on ...

A North Korean defector who escaped to the South more than a decade ago was detained after attempting to cross back into North Korea on a ... (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas in Paju on December 15 ...