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 escape.

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.

A North Korean defector says she and others like her are struggling to survive in the South: 'I want to go back and die there — South Korea is as suffocating as the North' Matthew Loh Updated ...

China usually sends defectors back to North Korea, but Pyongyang wouldn't let them in during the pandemic. That may soon change, and has led to concern among human rights advocates.

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 ...

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.

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.