Eunju Kim, who escaped starvation in North Korea in 1999, was sent back from China and fled a second time, told the United ...

These defectors try to smuggle ... the world what he thinks of the North Korean regime. "To reveal [their] lies is the first step to destroying the Kim Jong Un regime," he said.

A group of North Korean defectors handed Ukrainian officials ... wishing to surrender as prisoners of war, published an appeal last month to North Korean soldiers urging them to "not die ...

In the shadow of what looks like Seoul’s colossal chrome space station, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, hundreds of defectors ... independence from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

For the Roh family, the path out of North Korea lies through cold river water ... It was everything the Kim Jong Un regime wants us to hear on our news — the parades, the missiles.

There are about 30,000 North Korean defectors ... including embezzlement. The defectors offer a rare look into the highly secretive regime under leader Kim Jong Un. They have told stories of ...

The author Heidi Tucker poses with subjects Jiyeon Maeng and Doohyun Kim. Their book is now available through Heidi's website. (Photo courtesy of Heidi Tucker) She thought he was going away on ...

Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year ... The South and North simultaneously became United Nations member states in 1991, against the backdrop of Cold War detente.