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 ...

A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea across the rivals’ heavily fortified border. The South Korean military ...

When she first met a mysterious South Korean man who introduced himself as Dr Seong, the woman thought she had found a father ...

South Korean police said on Sunday they had arrested a defector who tried to return to North Korea after a similar, successful crossing in July escalated tensions on the peninsula.

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 ...

Kim Jong-un’s regime was this week reported to be cracking down on young women who have had illegal breast implants and other forms of cosmetic surgery. North Korea’s security services are said to be ...

Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage.

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, ...