North Korean residents are seen working on their farms, as observed from South Korea's city of Paju, Gyeonggi, on July 29. [YONHAP] A North Korean defected to South Korea across the West Sea late last ...

A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border. The South Korean military ...

South Korean police said on Sunday they had arrested a defector who tried to return to North Korea after a similar, successful crossing in July escalated tensions on the peninsula.

Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage.

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 ...

An American man has been sentenced to eight years hard labor for illegally entering North Korea, the reclusive country's official press agency said in a release monitored in Seoul Wednesday. The ...