An elderly South Korean waits to see a brother in the North one last time, while a North Korean defector risks it all.

SEOUL--In the 10 years since Kim Jong Un came to power, North Korea has cracked down on people trying to get out of the ...

A total of 63 North Korean defectors entered South Korea for resettlement in the first half of the year, down nearly 35 percent from a year earlier, the unification ministry said Thursday.

A South Korean court has ruled that North Korean authorities must compensate a defector who claims to have endured torture ...

A South Korean court ruled Friday that North Korea must compensate a North Korean defector who claims she was tortured while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - North Korean defector Kim Seong-Min, then-the head of Free North Korea Radio, shouts slogans during a rally to improve ...

Bearing North, founded by Blaine Vess and Esther Paik Vess, launches to fund films about North Korea worldwide, beginning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Nov 07, 2025, 08:18am EST A North Korean defector makes new ...

When North Korean defector Choi Sung-Guk decided it was time to go public with his experiences, he avoided the well trodden “harrowing memoir” route in favour of a cartoon strip. Drawing skills and ...

When Lim reached South Korea, she thought she had left behind the miseries of poverty and an unwanted marriage for a better life with her daughter. She is one of more than 33,000 North Koreans — the ...