SEOUL--South Korea has rejected refugee status for ethnic Chinese people who have been “stateless” since they fled North ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — Chinese authorities have sent the wife of a North Korean defector back to the hermit state, despite an emotional plea from her husband to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Lee ...

North Koreans who risk everything, including their lives, to flee from their homeland are featured in “Beyond Utopia,” a ...

A report has emerged detailing testimonies from North Korean defectors who claim that Chinese authorities arrest them, detain them in North Korea-China border detention centers, and subject them to ...

A 24-year-old in Chicago is an unlikely thorn in the side of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, happy to be referred to by Pyongyang as a "poisonous mushroom" and "human rights propaganda puppet," NBC ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Nov 07, 2025, 08:18am EST A North Korean defector makes new ...

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 the truth of their ...