North Korean defectors

A North Korean soldier keeps watch toward the south through a binocular telescope
Conflict & Justice
South Korea just repatriated two North Korean fishermen. Why?
A woman with her back turned to the camera cooks while lookers-on watch from behind a raised counter.
In UK, North Korean defectors raise awareness with Lunar New Year Feast
Crutches
Global Politics
My crutches: The story of a North Korean defector
Actress and North Korean defector Kim Ah-ra, 25, on a talk show showcasing “northern beauties” from North Korea.
Media
From tyranny to reality TV: Meet the celebrity defector women of North Korea
Singing waitresses entertain crowds at a North Korean restaurant in the Chinese border city of Dandong, on May 28, 2009.
Culture
Why North Korean peace talks may hinge on 12 singing waitresses
North Korean soldiers
Conflict
She once served in North Korea’s army. Now she thinks Trump is a ‘cool guy.’
Cheong-Suk Ryang, 36, a defector from North Korea hoping to reach South Korea via Thailand, sits in her cell at the Chiang Saen police station in Thailand, after she and four other North Korean women were arrested on the Thai-Lao border. Photo taken May 9
Justice
More North Koreans are escaping to Thailand via an ‘underground railroad’
South Korean officials trying to convince youth of importance of unification
24-year old North Korean refugee Danbi was a smuggler in North Korea's black markets. Here she gives us a tour of a market in South Korea, which reminds her of the markets in the North.
Culture
Why young North Koreans are daring to wear skinny jeans
hand phone illustration by Leslie Agan
Culture
If you’re placing a phone call to North Korea, it may be answered on a ‘hand phone’
The Univoca smartphone app gives users the North Korean versions of South Korean words.
Media
Korean is virtually two languages, and that’s a big problem for North Korean defectors
North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk accepted that changing parts of his story had tarnished the credibility of other defectors from the country.
Justice
If North Korea is a land of lies, where does the truth begin?
The cast of the sitcom "Friends," which is one of the Western shows being smuggled to North Koreans by human rights activists and defectors.
Media
Seeking to overthrow North Korea, one American sitcom at a time
No Kum Sok, age 3, wearsing a pith helmet, with his father, No Zae Hiub (right), an all-star pitcher for his company’s baseball team, in Sinhung, Korea, in 1935.
Books
This Florida man escaped from North Korea in a MiG-15 fighter jet
Kevin and Julia Garratt shown with two of their three children, Peter and Hannah.
Belief
China is cracking down on the missionary lifeline that helps North Korean refugees
Defector Son Jeong-hun wants to return to North Korea.
Global Politics
After escaping to South Korea, some defectors now want to return north
North Korean Refugees
Conflict & Justice
Laotian Officials Send North Korean Teenage Defectors Home
Arts, Culture & Media
New TV Show Aims to Change Image of North Korean Defectors
North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-il Dead at 69
Arts, Culture & Media
South Korea On High Alert After Death of Kim Jong-il
Conflict & Justice
North Korean Defectors Traverse a Dangerous Journey to Reach South
Conflict & Justice
North Koreans Searching for Support in the South
Global Politics
Criticism for journalists freed by North Korea
Global Politics
Rumors about North Korea’s dear leader
Arts, Culture & Media
Soap operas in North Korea
Conflict & Justice
Torch in South Korea
Conflict & Justice
North Korean defector in the US
Conflict & Justice
North Koreans in the south
Conflict & Justice
North Koreans in the south