The United Nations is calling on world governments to refrain from repatriating North Korean refugees. U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif said Monday that member ...

Seoul said six fishermen from the North were returned after they drifted into South Korean territorial waters earlier this ...

After escaping the oppressive regime of North Korea, Loh Kiwan arrives in Belgium to seek asylum, hoping to find freedom and a fresh start. Instead, he finds himself entangled in the bureaucratic ...

With every reason to believe North Koreans would face persecution and torture back home, the U.N. must take a stronger stance on China’s repatriation of North Korean refugees. Up to 2,000 North ...

"North Korean defectors in China should be defined as refugees who have the right to protect their lives and human rights," Kim said at a press conference held in Seoul to highlight the issue.

Situated on the eastern shore of South Korea rests an unassuming village home to resettled North Korean refugees who fled southward during the Korean War, often referred to as the Forgotten War in ...

North Korean defector siblings Seohyun Lee and Hyun Seung Lee spoke virtually to students on Saturday evening at the Illini Union. Liberty in North Korea, an international non-profit specializing in ...

Reporters, researchers and curious minds often ask me about my long-term plans, goals and mission with North Korean refugees. I started to anticipate that question being asked at the end of ...

It is by no means safe to stay in China, a close ally of North Korea, “which tends to scoop up intruding North Korean refugees,” according to a report by public radio’s The World, ...

Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year. Inter-Korean dialogue and exchange have ground to a halt. Seoul's Unification Ministry has a new, hawkish head who wants to change the agency's role.