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 ...

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

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

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

A North Korean defector dodged a shoot-on-sight order, armed guards, and dozens of land mines to cross one of the most militarized borders in the world. ... (DMZ) on the Korean border.

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 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 ...

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

The number of North Korean defectors peaked at 2,914 in 2009, according to the Visual Capitalist website. That number slumped to fewer than 150 for all of 2021 and 2022. Last year, 99 people were ...