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 ...
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There are nearly 35,000 defectors from North Korea living in South Korea. Many of them rely on a secretive network of brokers to check on their families back home or to send them money when their ...
Hardy male agents wielding guns or knives have been ditched in favour of their female counterparts. North Korean female assassins, armed with good looks and poison tools, are now the weapon of choice ...
Dec. 29 (Asia Today) --North Korean defector groups on Monday urged South Korea's Unification Ministry to halt its push to replace the official term for defectors, warning that one leading alternative ...
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (UPI) --North Korean defectors and experts urged the international community to step up pressure on Pyongyang over human rights abuses as a major conference on the issue opened in ...
In connection with the murder case of a North Korean defector’s younger brother in Gijang-gun, Busan, police determined that the 50s female suspect killed her younger brother for economic reasons. The ...
President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea comes at a point of extreme tension between the US and North Korea. It’s playing out in a number of arenas, from defense to propaganda and even policy.