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The South Korean government has called on China not to expel defectors. China's foreign ministry rejects the claim, saying that it maintains a

South Korea's Unification Ministry on Friday officially confirmed China has resumed the forced repatriation of North Koreans following the opening of its border last month. The ministry called for an immediate halt to this practice, which breaches international human rights law. "It appears to be the fact that a significant number of North Koreans have been repatriated from three provinces in Northeast Chin...

Hundreds are believed to have been forcibly sent back to the Kim Jong Un regime, where they likely face imprisonment and abuse, experts say.

A broker who arranged the call was also punished.

Why would anyone choose to live in or return to a hermit state? The answers are complex and include regret, says this North Korea analyst.

China opposes a planned United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea because it will only

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho and other officials called Wednesday for Beijing to refrain from repatriating thousands of North Korean escapees.

Senior South Korean officials are warning that a human rights calamity is brewing in China, where thousands of North Korean defectors may be forcibly returned to their home country to face dire punishments.

Today, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) made three submissions to the United (UN) Human Rights Council for the fourth (...)

The head of South Korea's human rights watchdog group urged China on Friday not to repatriate detained North Korean escapees after borders are reopened.