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 ...

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

a public institution supporting North Korean defectors, from duties over allegations he sexually harassed an employee. The action came after the foundation's board of directors last month ...

The findings are based on extensive research, including in-depth interviews in 2024 with 27 male and female defectors who served in the North Korean military. Except for two individuals who fled ...

The U.N. has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their home country's heightened surveillance of citizens for possession of outside information and subsequent ...

intelligence reports and testimonies of defectors that some North Korean soldiers are resorting to extreme measures as they support Russia's three-year war with Ukraine. North Korea's suicide ...