North Korean soldier makes rare escape across DMZ

The crossing to South Korea occurred despite an intensification of border controls and surveillance by the Kim regime.
UNILAD

Man who escaped North Korea opens up about traumatizing experience of seeing executions aged 11

A man who escaped from North Korea has shared horrifying stories about his life in the highly secretive country. Timothy Cho is a North Korean defector who was able to get out of the country, and he ...

North Korean soldier crosses border in suspected defection, report says

A North Korean soldier has been taken into custody after crossing the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea in a suspected defection, the Yonhap news agency says.
UPI

Why North Korean escapees are denied recognition as 'real victims'

May 11 (UPI) --The author prefers to use the lowercase "n" to challenge the Kim family regime's legitimacy. As a human rights activist and a survivor who escaped north Korea, I have spent years ...

The pampered, paranoid lives of North Korea’s ruling elite

From Rolexes and Mercedes to tapped phones and firing squads, a new book by Jieun Baek reveals life inside Kim Jong-un’s ...
Yahoo

Class Size 20; Student Body – Young Escapees From North Korea. True/False Film Festival Opens Doors To ‘School For Defectors’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine living in the dictatorship of North Korea, hungry all the time, laboring for no pay. You decide to try to escape into ...
Reuters

U.N. official urges China not to deport North Korean escapees, who could face torture

SEOUL (Reuters) - China should not repatriate the increasing number of North Korean escapees it has arrested in recent months, because severe punishment faces those sent home, a U.N. human rights ...