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While North Korea frequently conjures images of military parades and missile launches, one defector living in Seoul is working to introduce another side of her homeland: its cuisine.

Authorities increase surveillance on families of people who have escaped the North.

Its almost impossible to meet all the requirements of a true Juche socialist in North Korea. Having a birthday party, divorcing a spouse, watching a South Korean movie and being unemployed can all be regarded as “non-socialist” or “anti-socialist” behaviors. According to a new report released Thursday, the regime under Kim Jong-un has intensified its campaign against such people, particularly those who enjoy South Korean pop music or TV content, which it increasingly views as a threat to...

A new report highlights the human rights violations by the Non-Socialist Groups tasked with enforcing Kim Jong Un’s ideology on society.

Just 67 North Koreans arrived in South Korea last year, the Unification Ministry announced, marking the second year of record-low refugee arrivals.

Human rights activists believe strict COVID-19 restrictions in China, North Korea probably caused decline in defections - Anadolu Agency

Drinking. Crying. And lonely… What happens when an iron-fisted dictator - with health worries and status anxiety - turns 40?

A defector who was once hailed by the media as a successful resettlement case was found dead in her home in Seoul. Authorities believe nearly a year has passed since she died, given how much her corpse had decomposed and the fact that she was found wearing winter clothes. She was 49. According to police in Yangcheon District Tuesday, her body was discovered on Oct. 19 by an official of the Seoul Housing and Communities Corporations, the city-owned public rental house provider, which had tried to...

Complaint to be filed against Moon on attempted murder charges in repatriation of NK fishermen in 2019

Forced repatriation