A new report reveals that the number of people executed for consuming South Korean cultural content surged by 250 per cent ...

Two brothers spent a decade plotting their escape from North Korea – an audacious plan conceived by their late father, whose ...

South Korea’s national radiation research institute screened 80 North Korean defectors for signs of past radiation exposure during 2023 health examinations, using a chromosome-level test designed to ...

A North Korean defector who served as Kim Jong-un's bodyguard has warned that the tyrant should "start behaving" after learning how the US and Israel killed Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. North Korea ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop megaband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — A North Korean defector has issued an emotional plea to one of the world's most powerful men, China's President Xi Jinping. "My son is now four, please think of my son as ...

For some North Korean defectors, freedom begins upon arriving in South Korea. And for those at Hanawon, the government-run ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's newest celebrity took an unusual route to the nation's TV screens - years spent working his way up through the ranks of North Korea's diplomatic corps, followed by ...

He said Pyo South Korea's top nuclear envoy has stressed the need to swiftly resolve the North Korean nuclear issue, calling it the "most urgent" challenge to the nonproliferation regime, the foreign ...

My late grandfather often said during his lifetime, ‘The Kim regime is the greatest con artist in history.’ I only realized ...

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 ...