Ham Jin-woo, a North Korean defector-turned-journalist who went missing in 2017 in border areas between North Korea and China ...

North Korean defectors in China report fear and depression as police make repeated visits to photograph them ahead of major political meetings.

Ham Jin-woo, a North Korean defector-turned-journalist who went missing in 2017 in border areas between North Korea and China, ...

A N. Korean defector in S. Korea pleaded with Chinese authorities to stop the forced repatriation of his mother, warning that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kim Kang, former deputy representative at the North Korean mission in Russia, on Wednesday called on international media and civic ...

Most of what we know about North Korea does not come through open reporting or official transparency. Information reaches the outside world in fragments, usually carried by defectors, foreign ...

Imagine living in the dictatorship of North Korea, hungry all the time, laboring for no pay. You decide to try to escape into ...

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 ...

Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year. Inter-Korean dialogue and exchange have ground to a halt. Seoul's Unification Ministry has a... ANSEONG, South Korea — Nine women sit in a classroom, ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos ...