Why does North Korea make it impossible for its citizens to leave? Check out today's epic new video that examines the ...

Could you face guards who shoot to kill? Swim for hours or even days in the open sea? Or cross a vast, hostile desert? What kind of place can push a person to make these extreme choices? Some people ...

July 21 (UPI) --The following account was presented by Jihyang Kim at a recent forum of the North Korean Young Leaders' Assembly held at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C ...

South Korea is planning to change the term “defectors” to describe North Koreans who flee the country to resettle in the South, as the word carries “negative connotation”. South Korea’s Ministry of ...

The New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education offered a rare window into North Korea’s repressive legal system as told by a former soldier who escaped the reclusive nation. An expert panel of ...

As independent journalism about North Korea disappears, regime propaganda about leader Kim Un Jong's goals and achievements is flooding digital platforms. File Pool Photo by Ekaterina Shtukina/Sputnik ...

SEOUL, July 18 (Reuters) - A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that includes a song about the consequences of escaping ...