A South Korean advocacy group released a report on Thursday noting that more than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after ...

Punishments in North Korea are severe, extend to family members, with public executions still allowed, making escape ...

North Korea has one of the most repressive authoritarian regimes which uses brutal tactics to control its citizens and dissuade them from trying to escape.

North Korea, home to 25 million, is one of the most secretive countries in the world. After World War II, Korea split into ...

The Russians have tracked down and detained 18 North Korean servicemen who attempted to escape from the positions of the ...

Earlier this year, Mr Kim pulled off a seemingly impossible escape from North Korea. He fled by sea with his entire family - his pregnant wife, his mother, his brother's family, and an urn ...

From the moment North Koreans are born they find themselves in one of the most restrictive and totalitarian countries in the ...

Trafficked into the sex industry after defecting from North Korea, two young women spent years in captivity before finally getting the chance to escape. From the third floor of a residential tower ...

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Yeon Mi Park escaped North Korea when she was 13 years old. And escape only brought more challenges. North Korean defectors risk being ...

Refugees from North Korea shared their stories of hardship, escape and survival with Winnipeggers this week, at an event organized by a Seoul-based non-profit intended to raise awareness about the ...