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.

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

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 ...

It is under this legal basis that North Korean defectors are able to enter South Korea. However, the challenge lies in that North Korea and Russia have not officially acknowledged the deployment ...

South Korea will remove concrete barriers used at airports across the country after a plane crash in December that claimed the lives of 179 people. While investigators are still probing South ...

A key member of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s political party was in Washington this week calling on President Trump to express support for freedom and democracy in Northeast ...

By Jin Yu Young and Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul The former president of the company that operates the South Korean airport where a Jeju Air jet crash-landed last month has been found dead ...

South Korea rebuked President Trump’s remarks calling North Korea a “nuclear power,” raising concern about the relationship between the two countries. “North Korea’s denuclearization ...

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol, on Tuesday denied allegations that he instructed the military to forcibly remove lawmakers from the National Assembly to block their vote ...

The famous North Korean defector fled from North Korea to China in 2007 when she was only 13. She later moved to South Korea and then to the United ... Many people have doubted Yeonmi Park because of ...

SEOUL — As South Korean authorities extended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention Sunday, his supporters stormed the courthouse that issued the warrant, smashing windows with police shields and ...