The number of N. Korean defectors entering S. Korea fell to 224 in 2025, down from the previous year and still well below pre ...

Fewer North Koreans defected across the southern borderthis year than the previous year for a annual total of 224, South ...

A group of defectors petitioned S. Korea's National Human Rights Commission to block Unification Ministry's move to change ...

In response, her Chinese husband’s acquaintance, a friend of a doctor, helped her visit a hospital. Ordinarily, North Korean ...

The 2025 total includes 198 female defectors and 26 male counterparts, bringing the cumulative number of North Korean ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the members hailing from different countries, rookie K-pop group 1Verse (pronounced 'universe') is still navigating through their life in South Korea.The quintet debuted in July 2025 with Hyuk ...

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 ...