All North Korean recruits are taught a song that includes a verse about saving their last bullet for themselves to avoid ...

The number of North Korean defectors who arrived in South Korea reached 236 in 2024, up by 20.4 percent compared to the previous year, according to the Unification Ministry on Tuesday.

according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service’s closed briefing to the National Assembly on Monday. North Korean defectors who finished their almost decade-long military service in ...

But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North ...

joint founder of an NGO that assists North Korean defectors to settle in the South. "At no time during this present situation did I feel that South Korea was slipping back into a dictatorship or ...

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul, December 7, 2024. The Republic of Korea (South Korea) experienced ...