North Korean defectors underscored that human rights weren’t an abstract ideal but the ability to speak, make choices and ...

Female defectors working part-time to support families back home have no recourse when Chinese nationals refuse to return ...

In these swindles, con artists charge between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese yuan ($6,900 to $13,800) to learn whether the ...

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, sketching out their own ...

North Korean defectors and members of the South Korean church gathered on June 21 at Saejoongang Church in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, for the 2025 Pan-Korean Reunification Festival, a time of worship ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Seong-Min, a prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public ...

More than 75 members of the Georgetown community listened to harrowing testimony from three North Korean defectors at a panel hosted by the Truth and Human Rights in North Korea club Wednesday evening ...

Pyongyang boasts of crushing underground churches, but defectors and rights groups say secret worship persists despite harsh crackdowns and severe punishments.

These defectors try to smuggle books, movies and music back across the border. Roughly 35 miles from the world's most fortified border, Jung Hoon Choi led a group of 20 fellow North Korean defectors ...

A former North Korea cyber expert says hacking South Korea "a piece of cake." — SEOUL -- North Korea's hacking capabilities are "beyond imagination," one former computer expert for the North told ...

Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom? Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once ...