The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the ...

One defector said soldiers were given just three bullets each during the rare shooting drills. Read more at straitstimes.com.

North Korean conscripted soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials — from bullets for ...

A United Nations office has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's ...

Drug use allegations against the eldest son of Tae Yong-ho, former conservative People Power Party lawmaker and North Korean ...

SEOUL -- A United Nations office has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside ...

The Unification Ministry on Friday suspended the head of the Korea Hana Foundation, a public institution supporting North ...

The 2024 total, including 210 women, compared with 196 in 2023, bringing the accumulated number of North Korean defectors in South Korea to 34,314, the official said on condition of anonymity. Of them ...

Ukrainian forces counter-attack inside Russia's Kursk region, with Ukraine armored units breaking out of the town of Sudzha ...

Canadian national and singer JK Kim Dong-uk, who publicly voiced support for President Yoon Suk Yeol following his indictment ...