Except for two individuals who fled to South Korea in 2009 and 2010, the defectors left the North under Kim Jong-un’s rule, mostly between 2015 and 2020. The report stated that testimonies from ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Few people understand what may be going through the minds of North Korean soldiers fighting and dying for Russia in the war against Ukraine. But Lee Chul Eun is one of them. Lee, ...

NORTH KOREA: Defector Thae Yong Ho, the deputy envoy to London who has been taken under the protection of South Korea, was branded “human scum” who lacked “even tiny bits of conscience and morality ...

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 ...

SEOUL – North Korean soldiers endure brutal conditions, grappling with severe shortages of essentials – from bullets for training to food – and at times survive on corn powder or even mouldy ...

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 their 20 ...