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 ...

A defector escaped across the DMZ on Nov. 13. North Korean soldiers dig a trench and plant trees in the area where, on Nov. 13, a defector ran across the border at the Demilitarized Zone dividing ...

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 look back at North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un's ascension as he marks 10 years in power 02:46. Jung Gwang Il, founder the No Chain organization, which helps North Korean defectors settle ...

A North Korean defector is believed to have returned to the country on New Year’s Day, South Korea’s military said Monday. The man, ... The DMZ is a 150-mile-long, ...

Officials say a North Korean who crossed the DMZ in 2020 crossed it again to go back. His life in the South seems to have been one of poverty and isolation. By Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL — In November ...

Inside a North Korean defector's dash for freedom. North Koreans were only steps behind a young man when they shot him at least four times as he made his escape on Nov. 13, captured on video.

The DMZ stretches for 155 miles and is guarded by barbed-wire fences, anti-tank traps, landmines and combat troops on both sides. In September 2020, the North Korean military shot and killed a ...

North Korea defector's poor health reveals country's conditions 03:03. Thursday's defection happened at a much more remote section of the 2.5 mile-wide, 155-mile-long Demilitarized Zone (DMZ ...

Six North Korean soldiers in the past three years have run for a new life to South Korea by crossing the demilitarized zone, aka DMZ. Kim is one of those courageous young men in their 20s who ...

North Korean Soldier Crosses DMZ, ... but he managed to continue on foot before falling to the ground after being shot by North Korean soldiers. The defector was unable to move for about 40 ...