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He risked his life fleeing from one of the world’s most repressive regimes, traversing a militarized stretch protected by barbed wire fences. Then a year later, he went back – the way he came.
t'albukcha, t'albungmin. People defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are referred to by several terms, including "northern refugees " and "new settlers". Towards the end of the North Korean famine of the 1990s, there was a steep ...
Fleeing from North Korea can be a traumatic ordeal. Here's how defectors start new lives in the South.
This school is supposed to prepare North Korean defectors for the real world. But some say it does little to help – and the system needs an overhaul.
In the 2010s, around 1,000 people a year successfully defected from North Korea - the vast majority crossing the northern border with China before seeking asylum in a third country.
North Korean defectors living in South Korea have alleged in recent years that Mr. Han was charged with spying for Washington after he was discovered to possess a large sum of American dollars...
Part training-hub, part medical facility, part re-education centre, this is where North Korean defectors are sent for three months when they arrive in South Korea.
South Korea has put its guard up, catching North Korean agents disguised as defectors who entered South Korea on clandestine missions to assassinate fellow defectors or lure them back...
Ten North Korean defectors - including one of his top diplomats - reflect on 10 years of Kim Jong-un. A new start Student Kim Geum-hyok did something that could have got him shot the day Kim...
For many years, South Korean activists and North Korean defectors have sent balloons to the North, loaded with propaganda material criticizing dictator Kim Jong Un and USB sticks filled with...