Imagine living in the dictatorship of North Korea, hungry all the time, laboring for no pay. You decide to try to escape into ...

When Il-yong Ju was a child, something strange would happen in his tiny village in rural North Korea every December 25th. His grandfather would visit and send him out to the mountains to cut down a ...

President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea comes at a point of extreme tension between the US and North Korea. It’s playing out in a number of arenas, from defense to propaganda and even policy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Butler will lead development of new scripted projects, particularly in drama and comedy, while Ann Shin continues as CEO, ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Seong-Min, a prominent North Korean defector who used radio broadcasts, USB sticks and a network of sources in the secretive country to inform the North Korean public about ...

South Korea is planning to change the term “defectors” to describe North Koreans who flee the country to resettle in the South, as the word carries “negative connotation”. South Korea’s Ministry of ...

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (UPI) --North Korean defectors and experts urged the international community to step up pressure on Pyongyang over human rights abuses as a major conference on the issue opened in ...

FILE - North Korean defector Kim Seong-Min, then-the head of Free North Korea Radio, shouts slogans during a rally to improve human rights condition in North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 14, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian outfit Fathom Film Group, producer of The Defector: Escape from North Korea, has added Nicole Butler, former co-CEO of Pier 21 Films and executive producer of Crave dramedy Late ...